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Black & African American (American, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Black & African American (American, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.55, median 52 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $11.09 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category American (494), 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.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $11.09, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Black & African American best sellers
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Welcome Darkness: Poetry (Life's Tree Spins On. . .)
by Aubrey E Drummond
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews4
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
by Jesmyn Ward
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews644
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The Classic Collection of Langston Hughes. Poetry collections, Novels, Major plays. 9 books. Illustrated
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
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When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women
by Sharifa Stevens
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews330
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah's Book Club Pick
by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8,729
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The Tears That Taught Me
by Morgan Richard Olivier
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,719
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The Weary Blues (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,082
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The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things—A Powerful Collection from Nikki Giovanni, America's Celebrated Poet and Indispensable Radical Orator
by Nikki Giovanni
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews50
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This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews225
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salt.
by nayyirah waheed
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,681
FAQ
Is Black & African American a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 52 reviews and sells for $8.55.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Black & African American?
The median best seller has 52 reviews, and 60% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Black & African American best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.55; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.09.
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.