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Blues (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Blues (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 114 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.77 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 19% of the parent category Musical Genres (610), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.77 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Blues best sellers
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Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton
by Philip Norman
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews556
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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
by Elijah Wald
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews388
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Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
by Jean-Michel Guesdon
- List rank#3
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews878
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Billie Holiday: Wishing On The Moon
by Donald Clarke
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews154
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Guitar Scales for Beginners: How to Solo Effortlessly and Create Your Own Music Even If You Don't Know What A Scale Is: Secrets to Your Very First Scale (Guitar Scales Mastery Book 1)
by Guitar Head
- List rank#5
- Price$5.87
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,510
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Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
by Robert Gordon
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews379
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R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
by R. Crumb
- List rank#7
- Price$2.51
- Rating4.7
- Reviews442
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Blues Harmonica For Dummies
by Winslow Yerxa
- List rank#8
- Price$12
- Rating4.4
- Reviews770
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The Caged System and 100 Licks for Blues Guitar: Complete With 1 hour of Audio Examples: Learnt to Play The Blues Your Way (Play Blues Guitar Book 5)
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,238
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The Christopher Small Reader (Music / Culture)
by Christopher Small
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews4
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FAQ
Is Blues a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 114 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Blues?
The median best seller has 114 reviews, and 48% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Blues best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.77 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Blues?
6% 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.