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Beat Generation (Movements & Periods, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Beat Generation (Movements & Periods, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 8 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $15.44 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 44 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Movements & Periods (278), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 8 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Beat Generation best sellers
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Beatdom 26: The Allen Ginsberg Special
by David S. Wills
- List rank#1
- Price$5.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Beat Generation: Burroughs, Ginsberg, Kerouac, and the Last American Outlaws of Literature
by Brandon Osborne
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2
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Kerouac: A Biography
by Ann Charters
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews46
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The Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg
by Eliot Katz
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5
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Girls Who Wore Black: Women Writing the Beat Generation
by Ronna C. Johnson
- List rank#5
- Price$17.21
- Rating4.0
- Reviews8
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Jack's Book: An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac
by Barry Gifford
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews30
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Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
by Jack Kerouac
- List rank#7
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews67
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Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult'
by David S. Wills
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews84
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Beatdom #22: The Jack Kerouac Special
by David S. Wills
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews22
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A Remarkable Collection of Angels: A History of the 6 Gallery Reading
by David S. Wills
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews6
FAQ
Is Beat Generation a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 8 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Beat Generation?
The median best seller has 8 reviews, and 98% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Beat Generation best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $15.44.
Can new books break into Beat Generation?
0% 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.