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Contemporary (Christian Books & Bibles › Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Contemporary (Christian Books & Bibles › Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.49, median 1,359 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $10.49 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 27% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 27% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 95% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $6.49 its median price is below 97% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (4,191), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Contemporary best sellers
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Ready for Romance: A Heartfelt Friends to Lovers Workplace Romance
- List rank#1
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,454
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Return to the Shack: A Journey into Redemption
- List rank#2
- Price$20.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews427
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The Ones We Wait For: A Novel
by Michael V. Ivanov
- List rank#3
- Price$14.85
- Rating4.5
- Reviews7,716
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When Crickets Cry
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews37,937
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The Stranded Hiker: Christian Romance & Suspense (Secrets of Shadow Cove Book 3)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews240
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The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
by William P. Young
- List rank#6
- Price$8.04
- Rating4.6
- Reviews42,597
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Prayer Box
by Lisa Wingate
- List rank#7
- Price$15.24
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,424
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Island Countdown: WhiteRock Security Book 2 ~ Christian Romantic Suspense in the Caribbean
by Stacy Angell Curtis
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews60
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The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd Book 1)
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18,765
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The Story Between Us: A second-chance small-town romance about the girl next door, the reclusive bestseller, and the almost-kiss they never got to finish. ... Collection | Falling for Flannel Book 1)
- List rank#10
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews157
FAQ
Is Contemporary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,359 reviews and sells for $6.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Contemporary?
The median best seller has 1,359 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Contemporary best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $10.49.
Can new books break into Contemporary?
27% 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.