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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Domestic Thriller KDP Category Guide

Amazon KDP Category Guide — BSR benchmarks, competition data, and how to rank

Category Overview

Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Mystery, Thriller & Suspense › Thrillers & Suspense › Domestic

Competition Level

High Competition
7/10

BSR Benchmarks

Metric Benchmark
BSR to reach Top 10 < 350
BSR to reach Top 100 < 3,500
Average Price $3.99–$5.99

Domestic Thriller is the fastest-growing thriller sub-category on Amazon. Unreliable narrators, marriage secrets, and suburban danger are the dominant themes. Female protagonists consistently outperform male.

How to List Your Book in This Category

  1. 1 Open your KDP Bookshelf and go to your book's details page.
  2. 2 Under "Categories", click Browse Categories.
  3. 3 Follow the path: Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Mystery, Thriller & Suspense › Thrillers & Suspense › Domestic
  4. 4 If the subcategory is not selectable directly, contact KDP support for assistance.
  5. 5 You can hold up to 3 categories per book — use all three.

Tips for This Category

  • Female protagonist is the genre expectation
  • The home or marriage should be central to the threat
  • First-person present tense creates urgency that genre readers expect

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