KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Contemporary (Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Contemporary (Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.89, median 17,755 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.57 – $11.45 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Books categories: the median best seller has 17,755 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 24% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (73,006), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Contemporary best sellers
-
The Last Letter
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews231,013
-
East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$14.74
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,708
-
East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$23.30
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,375
-
Alaska: A Novel
by James A. Michener
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,947
-
The Gruffalo
- List rank#5
- Price$6.40
- Rating4.9
- Reviews31,704
-
Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics)
- List rank#6
- Price$9.67
- Rating4.6
- Reviews95,331
-
The Water and the Blood: A Novel
by Nancy E. Turner
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews998
-
-
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
- List rank#9
- Price$7.61
- Rating4.6
- Reviews45,544
-
Stoner (New York Review Books Classics)
by John Williams
- List rank#10
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews24,921
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Contemporary Fiction
FAQ
Is Contemporary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 17,755 reviews and sells for $9.89.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Contemporary?
The median best seller has 17,755 reviews, and 2% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Contemporary best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.89; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.57 and $11.45.
Can new books break into Contemporary?
1% 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.