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Banks & Banking (Industries, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Banks & Banking (Industries, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 244 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.96 – $13.22 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Industries (644), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 71% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 244 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Banks & Banking best sellers
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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
- List rank#1
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,949
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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
- List rank#2
- Price$13.29
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,578
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
- List rank#3
- Price$7.25
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,227
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,149
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,835
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
by Bradley Hope
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,155
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefevre
- List rank#7
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,160
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens
by Gabriel Zucman
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews379
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Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
by Lyn Alden
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,347
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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
- List rank#10
- Price$9.50
- Rating4.5
- Reviews18,717
FAQ
Is Banks & Banking a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 244 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Banks & Banking?
The median best seller has 244 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Banks & Banking best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.96 and $13.22.
Can new books break into Banks & Banking?
4% 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.