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Biographies & Memoirs (LGBTQ+ eBooks, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Biographies & Memoirs (LGBTQ+ eBooks, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 480 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 80% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 480 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Biographies & Memoirs best sellers
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And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress
by Sophia Bush
- List rank#1
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews22
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews9,959
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Naked
by David Sedaris
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,693
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Roddy McDowall: An Actor's Life -- From "How Green Was My Valley" to "Lassie" to "Planet of the Apes"
by Samuel Garza Bernstein
- List rank#4
- Price$14.54
- Rating4.3
- Reviews137
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Christopher and His Kind: 1929–1939 (FSG Classics)
by Christopher Isherwood
- List rank#6
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews183
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,965
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Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir
by Alyson Stoner
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,783
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A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,148
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Not My Father's Son: A Memoir: A Riveting Celebrity Biography with a Shocking Twist, Discover the Hidden Story
by Alan Cumming
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews12,997
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FAQ
Is Biographies & Memoirs a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 480 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Biographies & Memoirs?
The median best seller has 480 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Biographies & Memoirs best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Biographies & Memoirs?
12% 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.