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Steampunk (Science Fiction Graphic Novels, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Steampunk (Science Fiction Graphic Novels, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17.95, median 11 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).

22Opportunity / 100
$17.95Median price
11Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$13.87 – $25
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)11%
Books on the list79
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Science Fiction Graphic Novels (307), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is lower than in 82% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 11 reviews, so new books can chart with few.

Top 10 Steampunk best sellers

  1. Monstress Compendium One: (Vol. 1-8) book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Compendium One: (Vol. 1-8)

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#1
    • Price$46.57
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews26

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  2. Monstress Volume 1: Awakening book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Volume 1: Awakening

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#2
    • Price$11.51
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,924

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  3. Monstress Volume 10 book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Volume 10

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#3
    • Price$15.83
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews80

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  4. One of Them Is the Killer: A Suspect Murder Mystery Puzzle Book with 47,000 Names, 30 Clue book cover by Ruth Ravenscroft

    One of Them Is the Killer: A Suspect Murder Mystery Puzzle Book with 47,000 Names, 30 Clues, and One Final Killer

    by Ruth Ravenscroft

    • List rank#4
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews17

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  5. Monstress Book One book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Book One

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#5
    • Price$25.94
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews705

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  6. Monstress Volume 11: Inheritance book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Volume 11: Inheritance

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#6
    • Price$16.99
    • Reviews-

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  7. Monstress Book Three book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Book Three

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#7
    • Price$27.77
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,220

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  8. Lady Mechanika Volume 9: The Mechanical Menagerie book cover by Madeleine Holly-Rosing

    Lady Mechanika Volume 9: The Mechanical Menagerie

    by Madeleine Holly-Rosing

    • List rank#8
    • Price$16.99
    • Reviews-

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  9. Kill 6 Billion Demons Book 5: Breaker of Infinities book cover by Tom Parkinson-Morgan

    Kill 6 Billion Demons Book 5: Breaker of Infinities

    by Tom Parkinson-Morgan

    • List rank#9
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews37

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  10. Monstress Volume 9: The Possessed book cover by Marjorie Liu

    Monstress Volume 9: The Possessed

    by Marjorie Liu

    • List rank#10
    • Price$13.40
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews192

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FAQ

Is Steampunk a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 11 reviews and sells for $17.95.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Steampunk?

The median best seller has 11 reviews, and 68% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Steampunk best sellers cost?

The median price is $17.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.87 and $25.

Can new books break into Steampunk?

11% 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.