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Spies (Mysteries & Detectives, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Spies (Mysteries & Detectives, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.99, median 1,397 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).

18Opportunity / 100
$8.99Median price
1,397Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.99 – $9.99
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,397 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 47% of the parent category Mysteries & Detectives (2,975), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Spies best sellers

  1. Spy School Goes East book cover by Stuart Gibbs

    Spy School Goes East

    by Stuart Gibbs

    • List rank#1
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews298

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  2. The Secret Zoo: A Fast-Paced Middle Grade Fantastic Tale About Kids Discovering a Zoo's Da book cover by Bryan Chick

    The Secret Zoo: A Fast-Paced Middle Grade Fantastic Tale About Kids Discovering a Zoo's Dark Secret

    by Bryan Chick

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews6,257

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  3. Spy School book cover by Stuart Gibbs

    Spy School

    by Stuart Gibbs

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,407

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  4. Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Crafting Alliances: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure (Volume 3 book cover by Cube Kid

    Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Crafting Alliances: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure (Volume 3)

    by Cube Kid

    • List rank#4
    • Price$7.12
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews5,229

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  5. Evil Spy School book cover by Stuart Gibbs

    Evil Spy School

    by Stuart Gibbs

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,814

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  6. Spy Camp (Spy School Book 2) book cover by Stuart Gibbs

    Spy Camp (Spy School Book 2)

    by Stuart Gibbs

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews4,527

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  7. Spy School Blackout book cover by Stuart Gibbs

    Spy School Blackout

    by Stuart Gibbs

    • List rank#7
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,370

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  8. Secret Agent 6th Grader: 3 Book Box Set Collection (a funny chapter book for kids 8-12): F book cover by Marcus Emerson

    Secret Agent 6th Grader: 3 Book Box Set Collection (a funny chapter book for kids 8-12): From the Creator of Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja

    by Marcus Emerson

    • List rank#8
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,424

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  9. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls Book 1) book cover by Ally Carter

    I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls Book 1)

    by Ally Carter

    • List rank#9
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews3,092

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  10. Spy School at Sea book cover by Stuart Gibbs

    Spy School at Sea

    by Stuart Gibbs

    • List rank#10
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,160

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FAQ

Is Spies a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,397 reviews and sells for $8.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Spies?

The median best seller has 1,397 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Spies best sellers cost?

The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $9.99.

Can new books break into Spies?

6% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.

About this data

Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.