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Biographies (Comics & Graphic Novels, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Biographies (Comics & Graphic Novels, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.70, median 44 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).

30Opportunity / 100
$9.70Median price
44Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$8.67 – $14.98
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)5%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Comics & Graphic Novels (7,175), one of the easier corners under it.
  • The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 16, 13 points lower than here.
  • At $9.70 its median price is below 92% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Biographies best sellers

  1. Smile: A Graphic Novel book cover by Raina Telgemeier

    Smile: A Graphic Novel

    by Raina Telgemeier

    • List rank#1
    • Price$7
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews21,675

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  2. Sisters: A Graphic Novel book cover by Raina Telgemeier

    Sisters: A Graphic Novel

    by Raina Telgemeier

    • List rank#2
    • Price$8.63
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews21,449

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  3. Guts: A Graphic Novel book cover by Raina Telgemeier

    Guts: A Graphic Novel

    by Raina Telgemeier

    • List rank#3
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews20,429

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  4. Smile, Sisters, and Guts: The Box Set book cover by Raina Telgemeier

    Smile, Sisters, and Guts: The Box Set

    by Raina Telgemeier

    • List rank#4
    • Price$26.72
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,151

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  5. Best Friends (Real Friends Book 2) book cover by Shannon Hale

    Best Friends (Real Friends Book 2)

    by Shannon Hale

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews6,882

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  6. The Squad: A Graphic Novel (The Tryout #2) (Tryout Graphic Novel, 2) book cover by Christina Soontornvat

    The Squad: A Graphic Novel (The Tryout #2) (Tryout Graphic Novel, 2)

    by Christina Soontornvat

    • List rank#6
    • Price$8.40
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,122

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  7. El Deafo: A Graphic Memoir About Hearing Loss, Friendship, and Finding Your Superpower book cover by Cece Bell

    El Deafo: A Graphic Memoir About Hearing Loss, Friendship, and Finding Your Superpower

    by Cece Bell

    • List rank#7
    • Price$8.79
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews5,233

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  8. The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel) book cover by John Hendrix

    The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel)

    by John Hendrix

    • List rank#8
    • Price$13.96
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews512

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  9. Lafayette! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8): A Revolutionary War Tale book cover by Nathan Hale

    Lafayette! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8): A Revolutionary War Tale

    by Nathan Hale

    • List rank#9
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,497

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  10. Bad Sister book cover by Charise Mericle Harper

    Bad Sister

    by Charise Mericle Harper

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews360

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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Biography

FAQ

Is Biographies a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 44 reviews and sells for $9.70.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Biographies?

The median best seller has 44 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Biographies best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.70; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.67 and $14.98.

Can new books break into Biographies?

5% 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.