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Books, Bookstores & Libraries (Genre Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Books, Bookstores & Libraries (Genre Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 376 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 38% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Genre Fiction (43,946), one of the easier corners under it.
- 38% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Books, Bookstores & Libraries best sellers
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Bad Words: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews989
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The English Bookstore in Bologna: A Novel
by Boo Walker
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,801
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The Secret Library: A magical heartwarming story for fans of books about books in 2026!
by Amanda James
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,662
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The Echo of Lost Stories: A BRAND NEW compelling and beautiful historical read for 2026
by Victoria Scott
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews543
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The Last Spell At The Used Bookshop: A Cozy Fantasy of Magic, Grief, and the Books That Find Us (Tales of Eldermere Book 1)
by Justin Greathouse
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews637
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The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch: A Novel
by Laura Jensen Walker
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews58
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Piece By Piece (South Carolina Sunsets Book 13)
by Rachel Hanna
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews881
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The Roommate Rules: A Hate to Love Small Town Romance (Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove Book 4)
by Brighton Walsh
- List rank#9
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,124
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A New Start at the Happily Ever After Bookshop: an uplifting, heartwarming small-town romance of second chances, with slow-burn chemistry and a guaranteed HEA (Castle Cove Book 1)
by EMMA BENNET
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,467
FAQ
Is Books, Bookstores & Libraries a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 376 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Books, Bookstores & Libraries?
The median best seller has 376 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Books, Bookstores & Libraries best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Books, Bookstores & Libraries?
38% 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.