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Arts & Literature (Biographies & Memoirs, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Arts & Literature (Biographies & Memoirs, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17.04, median 1,640 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 38/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.29 – $26.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 31% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 31% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,640 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $10.29 to $26.95, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Arts & Literature best sellers
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
- List rank#1
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews63,334
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Making It So: A Memoir
by Patrick Stewart
- List rank#2
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,760
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In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood
- List rank#3
- Price$19.50
- Rating4.9
- Reviews5,567
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One Helluva Ride
- List rank#4
- Price$36.84
- Rating4.6
- Reviews933
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The Steps: A Memoir
- List rank#5
- Price$18.37
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,575
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And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress
by Sophia Bush
- List rank#7
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews22
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KATE GOSSELIN: HOW SHE FOOLED THE WORLD – UNEDITED
by Robert Hoffman
- List rank#8
- Price$8.88
- Rating3.6
- Reviews1,010
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- List rank#9
- Price$13.09
- Rating4.6
- Reviews97,037
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Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Arts & Literature
FAQ
Is Arts & Literature a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 38/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,640 reviews and sells for $17.04.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Arts & Literature?
The median best seller has 1,640 reviews, and 33% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Arts & Literature best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.04; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.29 and $26.95.
Can new books break into Arts & Literature?
31% 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.