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Black & African American (United States, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Black & African American (United States, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 42 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $17.06 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 33% of the parent category United States (130), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Black & African American best sellers
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Notes of a Native Son
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,199
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The Big Sea: An Autobiography (American Century)
- List rank#3
- Price$13.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews376
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The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)
- List rank#4
- Price$0.97
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,194
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Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler – A Biography of the Visionary Science Fiction Writer and Black Power Voice
by Susana M. Morris
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews138
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A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Enriched edition. Presenting the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative statements verifying the truth of the work
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews188
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Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time (Berlin Family Lectures)
by Teju Cole
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews83
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The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop Book 13)
by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews207
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Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
by Stephanie Stokes Oliver
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews89
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How It Feels to be Colored Me
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews97
FAQ
Is Black & African American a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 42 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Black & African American?
The median best seller has 42 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Black & African American best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $17.06.
Can new books break into Black & African American?
3% 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.