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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).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $4.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 45% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
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
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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#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,057
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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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A Week from Never (Murphy's Law Book 2)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.41
- Rating4.7
- Reviews521
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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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Lonesome Dove: A Novel
by Larry McMurtry
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews33,233
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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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Mail-Order Lady (Lords of the Rockies Book 4)
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews669
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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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The Giant of Cold River (American Post-Civil War Westerns)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews600
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Mail-Order Duchess (Lords of the Rockies Book 1)
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,870
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.