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Anthologies (Literature & Fiction › Anthologies & Literature Collections, Kindle eBooks, ID 157079011): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Anthologies (Literature & Fiction › Anthologies & Literature Collections, Kindle eBooks, ID 157079011), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.27, median 94 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.28 – $11.22 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Anthologies & Literature Collections (1,138), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.28 to $11.22, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Anthologies best sellers
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The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Chuang Tzu, Mencius
by David Hinton
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews276
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On Cats: Funny, Moving Essays and Poems About Felines, Beauty, and Love by Charles Bukowski
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews728
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The Collected Poems: The Complete Poetry Collection from the Pultizer Prize Winner
by Sylvia Plath
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,651
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100 Poems That Matter
by The Academy of American Poets
- List rank#4
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.3
- Reviews199
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The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal
by James Crews
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews86
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Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By
by Christopher A. Hostettler
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews127
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How To Read A Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry (Harvest Book)
by Edward Hirsch
- List rank#7
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.3
- Reviews276
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Sad Faery Poems: Volume One (Sad Faery Poems: A Season of Poetry Book 1)
by T. L. MacRae
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems
by Harold Bloom
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews41
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100 Best-Loved Poems: Shakespeare, Poe, Tennyson, Whitman, Dickinson, Wordsworth, Yeats, Frost and More (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry)
by Philip Smith
- List rank#10
- Price$2.28
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,091
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FAQ
Is Anthologies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 94 reviews and sells for $7.27.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Anthologies?
The median best seller has 94 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Anthologies best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.27; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.28 and $11.22.
Can new books break into Anthologies?
6% 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.