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Children's & Young Adult Literature: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Children's & Young Adult Literature, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 71 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Children's & Young Adult Literature best sellers
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Anne Of Green Gables: Complete 8-Book Box Set
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9,172
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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
by Caroline Fraser
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,993
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The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland
by Angela Youngman
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews140
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Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of "Winnie-the-Pooh"
by Gyles Brandreth
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews239
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Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading
by Lucy Mangan
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews965
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Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews863
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The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
by Laura Miller
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews100
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Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
- List rank#8
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews498
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The Classic Fairy Tales (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
by Maria Tatar
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews564
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Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews59
FAQ
Is Children's & Young Adult Literature a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 71 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Children's & Young Adult Literature?
The median best seller has 71 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Children's & Young Adult Literature best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Children's & Young Adult Literature?
3% 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.