Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Suspense  

Monthly median sales (top 30)
$398,428
  The median book price
$13.20
Bestseller's daily sales
2,536
50th book's daily sales
447
Average number of pages per book
316
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
Yes

Performance tracking

Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published

Matching KDP categories

fiction > thrillers > suspense
66.67%
fiction > romance > suspense
50.0%
fiction > christian > suspense
50.0%
fiction > mystery & detective > international mystery & crime
20.41%

Keyword requirement

thriller, mystery, suspense

Best selling keywords  

Median title & subtitle length is 4 words:

  • Ask for Andrea: A Thriller
  • First Lie Wins: A Novel
  • The Alone Time
  • Pretty Things: A Novel
  • The Housemaid's Secret
  • Indie success
  • 15%
  • Volatility
  • 95%
  • New releases
  • 5%
  • KDP Select
  • 40%

Extract of the best seller list's front page

#11

kindle best category lists

>Noelle West Ihli

 29463

#12

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>Freida McFadden

 283508

#12

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>Freida McFadden

 282096

#87

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>John Sandford

 1882

#115

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>Alex Michaelides

 307868

#132

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>David Baldacci

 64576

Front-page bestsellers:

  Book title Author Publisher Absolute rank Monthly sales volume Price Amazon stars Amazon reviews
1   Ask for Andrea: A Thriller Noelle West Ihli Dynamite Books 11 $341,142 $5.99 29,463
2   The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist Freida McFadden Bookouture 12 $216,401 $3.99 283,508
3   The Housemaid Freida McFadden Grand Central Publishing 12 $439,853 $8.11 282,096
4   Verity Colleen Hoover Audible Studios 14 $863,362 $17.46 338,495
5   First Lie Wins: A Novel Ashley Elston Penguin Audio 15 $922,194 $19.50 34,300
6   The Housemaid's Secret: A totally gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist Freida McFadden Bookouture 19 $199,380 $4.99 149,232
7   The Housemaid Freida McFadden Hachette UK - Bookouture 20 $669,765 $17.46 283,508
8   The Alone Time Elle Marr Self published 21 $183,731 $4.99 3,439
9   Then She Was Gone: A Novel Lisa Jewell N/A 26 $660,425 $21.88 104,161
10   Pretty Things: A Novel Janelle Brown N/A 27 $571,167 $19.69 14,629
11   The Inmate: A gripping psychological thriller Freida McFadden Hollywood Upstairs Press 34 $87,141 $3.99 114,242
12   The Housemaid's Secret Freida McFadden Self published 39 $220,153 $10.86 147,470
13   The Swarm: A Novel Frank Schatzing N/A 62 $696,962 $40.94 1,467
14   One By One: An unputdownable psychological thriller Freida McFadden Hollywood Upstairs Press 73 $63,345 $3.99 57,566
15   Toxic Prey (A Prey Novel Book 34) John Sandford Self published 77 $232,524 $14.99 5,192

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