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Books & Reading (History & Criticism, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Books & Reading (History & Criticism, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.10, median 721 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.64 – $17.66 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 22% of the parent category History & Criticism (3,236), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 81% of Books categories: the median best seller has 721 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Books & Reading best sellers
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
by Mortimer J. Adler
- List rank#1
- Price$12.10
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,140
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The Echo of Old Books: A Novel
by Barbara Davis
- List rank#2
- Price$7.80
- Rating4.6
- Reviews78,003
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The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,065
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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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Notes from the Underground: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,981
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The Shadow of the Wind
- List rank#6
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews27,043
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Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,053
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The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation ― The Classic Soviet History Memoir about the Bureaucracy of Terror (Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956)
- List rank#8
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,485
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews498
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel
by Gabrielle Zevin
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews51,519
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Books & Reading
FAQ
Is Books & Reading a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 721 reviews and sells for $13.10.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Books & Reading?
The median best seller has 721 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Books & Reading best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.10; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.64 and $17.66.
Can new books break into Books & Reading?
7% 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.