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Arts & Literature (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Arts & Literature (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.49, median 1,493 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 22% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,493 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $12.49 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- 22% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 89% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Arts & Literature best sellers
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Making It So: A Memoir
by Patrick Stewart
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,760
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews63,333
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KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD – UNEDITED
by Robert Hoffman
- List rank#4
- Price$8.88
- Rating3.6
- Reviews1,010
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One Helluva Ride
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews931
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews97,037
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Hieronymus Bosch: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,379
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The Greedy Bastard Diary: Around the States in 80 Days
by Eric Idle
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews182
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The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
by Ross King
- List rank#9
- Price$1.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews880
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The Steps: A Memoir
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,574
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Arts & Literature
FAQ
Is Arts & Literature a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,493 reviews and sells for $12.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Arts & Literature?
The median best seller has 1,493 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Arts & Literature best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Arts & Literature?
22% 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.