Among 5 major publishers, the action/adventure subcategory had the toughest year, with units down 14.9% despite the global book publishing market growing 5.4% in the same time period
47% of Americans say thriller and crime is their favorite genre of book
Thrillers and mystery novels are the most represented books on the New York Times bestseller list
Thrillers make up 12.5% of all adult books sold across all formats
Most thrillers sell for between $12.50 and $19.99
Thriller sales on Kindle
The four largest categories on the Kindle are Romance, Mysteries/ Thrillers/ Suspense novels, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.
Only 11% of bestselling Thriller Kindle titles are self-published
This compares to 49%, 56%, and 49% of bestselling romance, science fiction and fantasy novels
Of all Kindle Mysteries/ Thrillers/ Suspense novels:
26% are self-published
1% are published by small and medium publishers
15% are published by Amazon
58% are published by the big 5 publishers
Thriller novels sell $728 million worth of copies on Kindle
Romance novels are 97.75% larger than the thriller category
Although the thriller category is similar in size to Religious and Inspirational books
The thriller genre is 23.38% larger than Science fiction and fantasy
And 814% larger than the Horror genre
General literature and fiction are the most popular books on Kindle
Mystery, thriller and suspense novels sell 2.45 million copies per year on Kindle
This makes it the 2nd most popular category on Kindle
1 million more mystery, thriller, and suspense books are sold than romance books
2.5x more mystery, thriller, and suspense books are sold than memoirs and biographies each year on Kindle
Thriller authors with the largest growth in no. of books sold in 2021
