Hi Friend,
I’m pleased to announce the brand-new Fall 2025 Edition of our semi-annual Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Genre Report.
Genre Category Map – Now Covering 167 MTS Categories
Our new report is a treasure trove of insights, offering a comprehensive overview of the genre’s performance and a detailed data breakdown of all 167 MTS categories, including Level-4 and Level-5 sub-categories.
Cozy Mystery authors may have noticed that Amazon introduced a new cozy sub-category: “Books, Bookstores & Libraries.” This addition is now reflected in the data.
As always, the report highlights the MTS categories that have shown the most significant upward or downward trend in the last 12 months.
Sales Trending Up Again
MTS is a top-performing genre on Amazon. It ranks #2 after romance but shows a more cyclical performance than romance.
The average sales rank of the Top 100 MTS titles has been trending slightly upward over the last six months. It seems we are entering an upward cycle again in MTS, and the launch of Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets has clearly shifted some of the limelight away from the ubiquitous romance titles towards the mystery/thriller genre.
Mystery, thriller, suspense, and crime novels have captured a 30% market share among the 100 best-selling Kindle books of 2025 so far — and that’s excluding romantic suspense titles.
In a competitive market, access to transparent and reliable data is essential — and that’s exactly what K-lytics delivers:
New Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Report (Fall Edition)
As always, you’ll gain insights into sales development, book supply, the best-performing categories, high-selling covers, leading authors and publishers, trending keywords, optimal price points, effective titles, compelling book descriptions, and more.
In addition to the main genre report and video, you’ll also find a Top 100 Market Snapshots bonus report and my detailed commentary in the seminar video.
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Be among the first to access the new report and seminar video here:
Thank you very much for your support. I hope to see you there.
Alex K-lytics.com | e-book market intelligence for success
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