Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > First Contact  

Monthly median sales (top 30)
$14,423
  The median book price
$5.99
Bestseller's daily sales
506
50th book's daily sales
28
Average number of pages per book
233
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
Yes

Performance tracking

Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published

Matching KDP categories

fiction > science fiction > hard science fiction
80.58%
fiction > science fiction > alien contact
79.77%
juvenile > fiction > science fiction
73.85%
fiction > science fiction > steampunk
73.85%

Keyword requirement

contact, science fiction, dystopian

Best selling keywords  

Median title & subtitle length is 6 words:

  • The Kaiju Preservation Society
  • We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1
  • Contention: Welcome to the Multiverse, Book 5
  • All These Worlds: Bobiverse, Book 3
  • Barbarian Lover (Ice Planet Barbarians Book 3)
  • Indie success
  • 10%
  • Volatility
  • 100%
  • New releases
  • 5%
  • KDP Select
  • 53.33%

Extract of the best seller list's front page

#215

kindle best category lists

>Cixin Liu

 50896

#316

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>John Scalzi

 14163

#373

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>Dennis E. Taylor

 27645

#3,811

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>Victoria Aveline

 7158

#5,218

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>Trevor Lewis

 535

#5,296

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>Ruby Dixon

 8508

Front-page bestsellers:

  Book title Author Publisher Absolute rank Monthly sales volume Price Amazon stars Amazon reviews
1   The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu Macmillan Audio 215 $145,292 $17.71 50,896
2   The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi N/A 316 $170,994 $26.21 14,163
3   We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 Dennis E. Taylor Audible Originals 373 $101,687 $17.46 27,645
4   Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky Audible Studios 465 $125,356 $25.73 45,569
5   Space Raiders: The Complete Series: Space Raiders, Books 1-3 Ken Lozito Podium Audio 485 $246,912 $52.49 80
6   Ice Planet Barbarians Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon 585 $15,529 $3.99 43,139
7   Contention: Welcome to the Multiverse, Book 5 Sean Oswald Podium Audio 696 $93,013 $29.66 2,402
8   All These Worlds: Bobiverse, Book 3 Dennis E. Taylor Audible Originals 731 $77,057 $26.21 20,748
9   The Dark Forest Cixin Liu Self published 931 $72,737 $29.52 32,319
10   Three-Body Problem Boxed Set: The Dark Forest, Death's End (The Three-Body Problem Series) Cixin Liu Tor Books 1,025 $67,949 $28.89 6,049
11   Barbarian Alien: A SciFi Alien Romance (Ice Planet Barbarians Book 2) Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon 1,026 $9,384 $3.99 25,938
12   Death's End Cixin Liu Macmillan Audio 1,415 $58,685 $29.52 25,605
13   Thrum Meg Smitherman Rose & Moth Books 1,913 $3,287 $1.99 3,733
14   Barbarian Lover (Ice Planet Barbarians Book 3) Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon 1,930 $6,591 $3.99 20,415
15   Barbarian's Prize: A SciFi Alien Romance (Ice Planet Barbarians Book 5) Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon 2,186 $6,032 $3.99 14,484

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