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Viruses & Malware: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Viruses & Malware, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.92 – $26.33 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its median reviews are 29% of the parent category Security & Encryption (50), one of the easier corners under it.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Viruses & Malware best sellers
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Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
by Andy Greenberg
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,246
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Phantom Rising: A Sleeper Code Novel
by Kevin McGuire
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews34
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Step-by-Step Cyber Security for Beginners: A Practical Guide to Understanding Threats. Protecting Yourself and Your Devices in the Digital Age
by Ethan Ward
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews65
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BULLET PROOF CYBERSECURITY —OR IS IT?: How Smart Businesses Prevent Cyber Attacks, Protect Data, and Stay Operational When Your Team Is Everywhere
by MICHELLE HINDS
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
by Joseph Menn
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews618
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
by Kim Zetter
- List rank#7
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,448
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Sleeper Code : A novel (Kevin McGuire Book 1)
by Kevin McGuire
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews524
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Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
by Michael Sikorski
- List rank#9
- Price$41.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews646
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Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime: Cybersecurity Tactics to Outsmart Hackers and Disarm Scammers
by Eric O'Neill
- List rank#10
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews70
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FAQ
Is Viruses & Malware a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Viruses & Malware?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Viruses & Malware best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.92 and $26.33.
Can new books break into Viruses & Malware?
16% 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.