Hi Friend,
A leading U.K. newspapers reported, "Without women, the novel would die." And further, "Women are fiction’s life support system – buying 80% of all novels."
Unsurprisingly, this huge demand has also been increasingly met by women authors and female protagonists in their works.
I checked again just today: 83% (!) of the Top 100 Mystery, Thriller, Suspense best sellers on Kindle were written by women. That's up 12 percentage points from the same time two years ago.
And that high market share stands the test of taking out a dozen romance/romantic suspense titles that have found their way into this bestseller list.
Combine this with the fact that Mystery, Thriller & Suspense is one of the highest-selling bestseller lists on Kindle.
No wonder female writers have come to dominate crime fiction, a genre traditionally associated with men. And books featuring strong female protagonists have played a significant part in this evolution.
But the book market for female detectives and sleuths is not very transparent. Once again, we took a closer look to solve the problem. This K-lytics report reveals true top performers of this e-book market segment by analyzing more than 8,000 current titles.
In conducting this research, we could really "geek out." I mean, going through thousands of book descriptions looking for cases where female pronouns outnumber male pronouns and matching title data against a database of 16,000 female first names... You see, there is a way to track down female protagonist thrillers and mysteries: You just need a male protagonist number cruncher. (Just kidding!)
So we proudly present our new report:
FEMALE DETECTIVES & SLEUTHS 2024 This new report examines this market, sales development, top authors/publishers, "Virtual Top 100" bestseller list, top categories, keywords, leading cover art, high-selling genre clichés, Kindle Unlimited vs. Non-KU performance, and more.
As always, you will find my detailed video commentary on the download page.
Research less, write more! Be among the first to get your copy here:
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