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American Literature: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for American Literature, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $26.03, median 39 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.84 – $33.14 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Literature (417), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $26.03 its median price beats 86% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 American Literature best sellers
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On Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (Cliffs Notes)
by Cliffs
- List rank#1
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,175
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Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America)
by Walt Whitman
- List rank#2
- Price$26.90
- Rating4.7
- Reviews248
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CliffsNotes on Miller's The Crucible (CliffsNotes on Literature)
by Jennifer L. Scheidt M.A.
- List rank#3
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews103
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The Theory of the Leisure Class (Oxford World's Classics)
by Thorstein Veblen
- List rank#4
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.4
- Reviews145
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5 Steps to a 5: AP Precalculus 2027: Practice AP Tests + AP Content Review + Digital Resources
by Deborah B. Klipp
- List rank#5
- Price$20.23
- Rating4.6
- Reviews32
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CliffsNotes on Golding's Lord of the Flies (CliffsNotes on Literature)
by Maureen Kelly
- List rank#6
- Price$8.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews389
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Rabbit Hole (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)
by David Lindsay-Abaire
- List rank#7
- Price$10
- Rating4.6
- Reviews157
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The Old Testament (Cliffs Notes)
by Charles H. Patterson
- List rank#8
- Price$7.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews220
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William Faulkner : Novels 1936-1940 : Absalom, Absalom! / The Unvanquished / If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem / The Hamlet (Library of America)
by William Faulkner
- List rank#9
- Price$31
- Rating4.8
- Reviews78
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The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (Oxford Paperbacks)
by John D. Barrow
- List rank#10
- Price$26.56
- Rating4.4
- Reviews187
FAQ
Is American Literature a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 39 reviews and sells for $26.03.
How many reviews do you need to rank in American Literature?
The median best seller has 39 reviews, and 72% of them have fewer than 100.
What do American Literature best sellers cost?
The median price is $26.03; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.84 and $33.14.
Can new books break into American Literature?
1% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.