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Books & Reading (Literary Criticism, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Books & Reading (Literary Criticism, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 166 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.82 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 17% of the parent category Literary Criticism (1,002), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.82, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Books & Reading best sellers
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The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,065
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Notes from the Underground: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,981
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How to Be Alone: Essays
by Jonathan Franzen
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews433
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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
by James Mustich
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews897
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews498
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To The Lighthouse
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,074
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How to Read a Book
by Charles Van Doren
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,140
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In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
by Karl Ove Knausgaard
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews115
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The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers (Grapevine Edition)
by Will Durant
- List rank#9
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.2
- Reviews141
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The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,485
FAQ
Is Books & Reading a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 166 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Books & Reading?
The median best seller has 166 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Books & Reading best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.82.
Can new books break into Books & Reading?
8% 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.