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Westerns (Genre Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Westerns (Genre Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $2.99, median 676 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).

32Opportunity / 100
$2.99Median price
676Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$0.99 – $4.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)45%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Genre Fiction (43,946), one of the easier corners under it.
  • 45% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 98% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Westerns best sellers

  1. People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruth book cover by Tony Hillerman

    People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruthless Assassin (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Book 4)

    by Tony Hillerman

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews5,057

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  2. The Alice Network: A Novel – A New York Times Bestselling Historical Fiction of Female Spi book cover by Kate Quinn

    The Alice Network: A Novel – A New York Times Bestselling Historical Fiction of Female Spies, Courage, and Betrayal Across Two World Wars

    by Kate Quinn

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews101,144

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  3. A Week from Never (Murphy's Law Book 2) book cover by William W. Johnstone

    A Week from Never (Murphy's Law Book 2)

    by William W. Johnstone

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.41
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews521

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  4. Joe Pickett: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles) book cover by C. J. Box

    Joe Pickett: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)

    by C. J. Box

    • List rank#4
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews2,602

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  5. Lonesome Dove: A Novel book cover by Larry McMurtry

    Lonesome Dove: A Novel

    by Larry McMurtry

    • List rank#5
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews33,233

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  6. Roped in Rawhide: An Enemies to Lovers Small Town Romance book cover by Harloe Rae

    Roped in Rawhide: An Enemies to Lovers Small Town Romance

    by Harloe Rae

    • List rank#6
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews213

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  7. Mail-Order Lady (Lords of the Rockies Book 4) book cover by Misty M. Beller

    Mail-Order Lady (Lords of the Rockies Book 4)

    by Misty M. Beller

    • List rank#7
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews669

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  8. The Man from Stone Creek (A Stone Creek Novel Book 1) book cover by Linda Lael Miller

    The Man from Stone Creek (A Stone Creek Novel Book 1)

    by Linda Lael Miller

    • List rank#8
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews1,559

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  9. The Giant of Cold River (American Post-Civil War Westerns) book cover by William Black

    The Giant of Cold River (American Post-Civil War Westerns)

    by William Black

    • List rank#9
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews600

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  10. Mail-Order Duchess (Lords of the Rockies Book 1) book cover by Misty M. Beller

    Mail-Order Duchess (Lords of the Rockies Book 1)

    by Misty M. Beller

    • List rank#10
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,870

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Westerns

FAQ

Is Westerns a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 676 reviews and sells for $2.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Westerns?

The median best seller has 676 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Westerns best sellers cost?

The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $4.99.

Can new books break into Westerns?

45% 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.