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Children's Nonfiction: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Children's Nonfiction, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 871 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).

31Opportunity / 100
$6.99Median price
871Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $9.27
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)10%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 871 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $9.27, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Children's Nonfiction best sellers

  1. Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #21) book cover by Jeff Kinney

    Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #21)

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#1
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,229

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  2. What If You Had Animal Teeth? (What If You Had... ?) book cover by Sandra Markle

    What If You Had Animal Teeth? (What If You Had... ?)

    by Sandra Markle

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,454

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  3. The Feelings Monsters: Children's Book About Emotions and Feelings, Kids Preschool Ages 3  book cover by Emily Hartmann

    The Feelings Monsters: Children's Book About Emotions and Feelings, Kids Preschool Ages 3 -5 (Emotional Regulation 1)

    by Emily Hartmann

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews1,799

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  4. The Don't Laugh Challenge 10 Year Old Edition: The LOL Interactive Joke Book Contest Game  book cover by Billy Boy

    The Don't Laugh Challenge 10 Year Old Edition: The LOL Interactive Joke Book Contest Game for Boys and Girls Age 10

    by Billy Boy

    • List rank#4
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews4,460

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  5. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: The Beloved Classic Picture Book about Cause and Effect for  book cover by Laura Joffe Numeroff

    If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: The Beloved Classic Picture Book about Cause and Effect for Kids (Ages 4-8) (If You Give...)

    by Laura Joffe Numeroff

    • List rank#5
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews18,488

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  6. What If You Had An Animal Nose? (What If You Had... ?) book cover by Sandra Markle

    What If You Had An Animal Nose? (What If You Had... ?)

    by Sandra Markle

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews689

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  7. What If You Had Animal Hair? (What If You Had... ?) book cover by Sandra Markle

    What If You Had Animal Hair? (What If You Had... ?)

    by Sandra Markle

    • List rank#7
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,169

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  8. The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 9) book cover by Jeff Kinney

    The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 9)

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.20
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews33,392

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  9. Would You Rather? Eww! Edition: Funny, Silly, Wacky, Wild, and Completely Eww Worthy Scena book cover by Crazy Corey

    Would You Rather? Eww! Edition: Funny, Silly, Wacky, Wild, and Completely Eww Worthy Scenarios for Boys, Girls, Kids, and Teens

    by Crazy Corey

    • List rank#9
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews19,061

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  10. What If You Had Animal Ears? (What If You Had... ?) book cover by Sandra Markle

    What If You Had Animal Ears? (What If You Had... ?)

    by Sandra Markle

    • List rank#10
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews865

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FAQ

Is Children's Nonfiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 871 reviews and sells for $6.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Children's Nonfiction?

The median best seller has 871 reviews, and 32% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Children's Nonfiction best sellers cost?

The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.27.

Can new books break into Children's Nonfiction?

10% 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.