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Consumer Guides (Reference, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Consumer Guides (Reference, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $7.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| 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.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 14 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Consumer Guides best sellers
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Consumer Reports | November/December 2026
- List rank#1
- Price$6.39
- Rating4.0
- Reviews12
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Consumer Reports | September/October 2026
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews22
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Consumer Reports Magazine 17th February 2026
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews51
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Consumer Reports | May/June 2026
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews71
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Consumer Reports | July/August 2026
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews67
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A Year Without the Grocery Store: The Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide to Deep Pantry Peace and Family Emergency Meal Preparedness (Are You Prepared, Mama?)
by Karen Morris
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,767
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How to Redeem An Amazon Gift Card : A Step by Step Instructional Guide With Screenshot
by Benjamin Morgan
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews75
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How to Manage Content and Devices in My Kindle Library: Download, Borrow, Share and Archive eBooks
by Jeremy E. Walters
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.4
- Reviews26
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Consumer Reports Magazine 14th October 2025
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews14
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Consumer Reports Magazine 16th December 2025
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews17
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FAQ
Is Consumer Guides a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Consumer Guides?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 77% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Consumer Guides best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $7.99.
Can new books break into Consumer Guides?
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.