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Traditional Detectives (Mystery, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Traditional Detectives (Mystery, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 6,769 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.74 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 24% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 98% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 6,769 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 24% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.74 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Traditional Detectives best sellers
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Miss Wolcott's Ghost: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 21)
by Louise Penny
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,764
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People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruthless Assassin (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Book 4)
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,057
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MURDER MOST FINAL a gripping British crime mystery full of twists (DI Hillary Greene Book 23)
by FAITH MARTIN
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,849
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The Perranporth Murders: A Cornish Crime Thriller! (DI Ryder Murder Mystery - Book1) (DI Ryder Murder Mysteries)
by Jack Christie
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,003
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Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel: The New Miss Marple Mystery – A Classic Whodunit of Deception and Suspense in an Isolated Alpine Retreat
by Lucy Foley
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews2,979
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The Secret Garden Murders (A Yorkshire Murder Mystery Book 13)
by J. R. Ellis
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,554
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And Then There Were None
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews59,136
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The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 1)
by D.D. Black
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews22,905
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A Murder in Belgravia: A thrilling and utterly absorbing historical mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 9)
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews726
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FAQ
Is Traditional Detectives a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6,769 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Traditional Detectives?
The median best seller has 6,769 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Traditional Detectives best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.74 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Traditional Detectives?
24% 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.