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Authors (Arts & Literature, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Authors (Arts & Literature, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 1,540 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| 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 1,540 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Authors best sellers
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Hieronymus Bosch: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,379
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The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
by Ross King
- List rank#3
- Price$1.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews880
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Tis: A Memoir (The Frank McCourt Memoirs)
by Frank McCourt
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,139
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Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews18
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True Crime: A Memoir
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,954
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Chronicles: Volume One
by Bob Dylan
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,389
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Mother Mary Comes to Me
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,751
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews253
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FAQ
Is Authors a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,540 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Authors?
The median best seller has 1,540 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Authors best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.24.
Can new books break into Authors?
8% 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.