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Women's Fiction (Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Women's Fiction (Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $11.99, median 32,900 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).

18Opportunity / 100
$11.99Median price
32,900Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.99 – $15.14
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)28%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Books categories: the median best seller has 32,900 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • 28% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 96% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its median reviews are 45% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (73,006), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Women's Fiction best sellers

  1. The Calamity Club: A Novel book cover by Kathryn Stockett

    The Calamity Club: A Novel

    by Kathryn Stockett

    • List rank#1
    • Price$27.63
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews100,505

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  2. Mad Mabel: A Novel book cover by Sally Hepworth

    Mad Mabel: A Novel

    by Sally Hepworth

    • List rank#2
    • Price$15.14
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews72,903

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  3. The Witch book cover by Freida McFadden

    The Witch

    by Freida McFadden

    • List rank#3
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews73,061

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  4. Partita: A Novel book cover by Barbara Kingsolver

    Partita: A Novel

    by Barbara Kingsolver

    • List rank#4
    • Price$24.95
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,525

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  5. Bad in Bed book cover by Ali Hazelwood

    Bad in Bed

    by Ali Hazelwood

    • List rank#5
    • Price$17.14
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews14

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  6. Verity book cover by Colleen Hoover

    Verity

    by Colleen Hoover

    • List rank#6
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews538,270

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  7. Hollow Bones: A Novel book cover by Jodi Picoult

    Hollow Bones: A Novel

    by Jodi Picoult

    • List rank#7
    • Price$24.95
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews13,168

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  8. The Sideways Life of Denny Voss: A Novel book cover by Holly Kennedy

    The Sideways Life of Denny Voss: A Novel

    by Holly Kennedy

    • List rank#8
    • Price$17.59
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews13,025

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  9. The Correspondent: A Novel book cover by Virginia Evans

    The Correspondent: A Novel

    by Virginia Evans

    • List rank#9
    • Price$15.14
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews179,511

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  10. Wild Dark Shore: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel) book cover by Charlotte McConaghy

    Wild Dark Shore: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    • List rank#10
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews74,288

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Subcategories

Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Women's Fiction

FAQ

Is Women's Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 32,900 reviews and sells for $11.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Women's Fiction?

The median best seller has 32,900 reviews, and 5% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Women's Fiction best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $15.14.

Can new books break into Women's Fiction?

28% 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.