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Catalogs & Directories (Reference, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Catalogs & Directories (Reference, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 12 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Reference (1,036), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 34, 14 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Catalogs & Directories best sellers
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
by Geoffrey O'Brien
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews61
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500 Amazing Online Archives and Digital Collections You've Never Heard Of: US Edition
- List rank#2
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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The Big Book of Genealogy Lists
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews53
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![Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (with Active Table of Contents) [Illustrated] book cover by Roswell D. Hitchcock](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41+Zyi3DvfL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (with Active Table of Contents) [Illustrated]
by Roswell D. Hitchcock
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews57
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Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison
- List rank#5
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,259
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The Organized Songwriter: How to Create Space to Write Your Best Songs
by Simon Hawkins
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews81
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Donna Leon INSPECTOR GUIDO BRUNETTI Novels List With Summaries and Checklist for your Kindle: DONNA LEON - BRUNETTI NOVELS WITH SHORT SUMMARIES - INCLUDES ... IN 2017 (Series Reading List Book 15)
by Sir Reed A. Lott
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews103
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Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden
by W.H. Auden
- List rank#8
- Price$1
- Rating3.5
- Reviews71
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present
by Tim Brooks
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews280
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Phrasal Verbs for TOEFL: Hundreds of Phrasal Verbs in Dialogues (English for the TOEFL exam)
by Jackie Bolen
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Catalogs & Directories
FAQ
Is Catalogs & Directories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 12 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Catalogs & Directories?
The median best seller has 12 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Catalogs & Directories best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Catalogs & Directories?
4% 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.