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Being a Teen (Social & Family Issues, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Being a Teen (Social & Family Issues, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.29, median 1,011 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$8.29Median price
1,011Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$7.44 – $11.53
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)0%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Social & Family Issues (12,280), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • At $8.29 its median price is below 95% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Being a Teen best sellers

  1. Hatchet book cover by Gary Paulsen

    Hatchet

    by Gary Paulsen

    • List rank#1
    • Price$5.41
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews28,666

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  2. The Outsiders book cover by S. E. Hinton

    The Outsiders

    by S. E. Hinton

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews42,739

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  3. The Summer I Turned Pretty book cover by Jenny Han

    The Summer I Turned Pretty

    by Jenny Han

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews77,468

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  4. The Naturals book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Naturals

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#4
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews29,451

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  5. All In (The Naturals Book 3) book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    All In (The Naturals Book 3)

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews15,200

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  6. Speak book cover by Laurie Halse Anderson

    Speak

    by Laurie Halse Anderson

    • List rank#6
    • Price$7.44
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews11,250

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  7. Ignite Me (Shatter Me Book 3) book cover by Tahereh Mafi

    Ignite Me (Shatter Me Book 3)

    by Tahereh Mafi

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews24,732

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  8. Killer Instinct book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Killer Instinct

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#8
    • Price$18.67
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews20,271

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  9. The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1) book cover by Maggie Stiefvater

    The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1)

    by Maggie Stiefvater

    • List rank#9
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews8,963

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  10. Bad Blood book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Bad Blood

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#10
    • Price$16.95
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews11,986

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FAQ

Is Being a Teen a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,011 reviews and sells for $8.29.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Being a Teen?

The median best seller has 1,011 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Being a Teen best sellers cost?

The median price is $8.29; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.44 and $11.53.

Can new books break into Being a Teen?

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.