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Superhero: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Superhero, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 968 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).

30Opportunity / 100
$5.99Median price
968Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.99 – $6.99
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)36%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Fantasy (36,126), one of the easier corners under it.
  • 36% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 968 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Superhero best sellers

  1. Claim The Fallen 1: A LitRPG Adventure book cover by Sam Ward

    Claim The Fallen 1: A LitRPG Adventure

    by Sam Ward

    • List rank#1
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews2,433

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  2. Vicious (Villains Book 1) book cover by V. E. Schwab

    Vicious (Villains Book 1)

    by V. E. Schwab

    • List rank#2
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews21,921

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  3. Claim The Fallen 2: Deephold book cover by Sam Ward

    Claim The Fallen 2: Deephold

    by Sam Ward

    • List rank#3
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,800

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  4. The Complete Warrior Collection: Two Complete Series book cover by Martha Carr

    The Complete Warrior Collection: Two Complete Series

    by Martha Carr

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Reviews-

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  5. Claim The Fallen 6: Twelve Crests Deep book cover by Sam Ward

    Claim The Fallen 6: Twelve Crests Deep

    by Sam Ward

    • List rank#5
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews534

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  6. Starter Villain book cover by John Scalzi

    Starter Villain

    by John Scalzi

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews17,100

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  7. Claim The Fallen 3: Two Hands Required book cover by Sam Ward

    Claim The Fallen 3: Two Hands Required

    by Sam Ward

    • List rank#7
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,607

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  8. Claim The Fallen 4: Shadows of the Colosseum book cover by Sam Ward

    Claim The Fallen 4: Shadows of the Colosseum

    by Sam Ward

    • List rank#8
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,380

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  9. Claim The Fallen 5: Wolf & Crown book cover by Sam Ward

    Claim The Fallen 5: Wolf & Crown

    by Sam Ward

    • List rank#9
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,105

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  10. Heroes Landing: A Super Slice of Life book cover by Ronan Les

    Heroes Landing: A Super Slice of Life

    by Ronan Les

    • List rank#10
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews44

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FAQ

Is Superhero a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 968 reviews and sells for $5.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Superhero?

The median best seller has 968 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Superhero best sellers cost?

The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $6.99.

Can new books break into Superhero?

36% 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.