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Contemporary (Children's eBooks › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Contemporary (Children's eBooks › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 22 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $7.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 23% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Fantasy (7,979), one of the easier corners under it.
- 23% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Contemporary best sellers
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Styx and Stones: A Funny, Page-Turning Fantasy Adventure with Greek Mythology, for Kids (Ages 8-12)
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews25
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The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus Book 3): The third book in the bestselling sequel series to Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Heroes Of Olympus Series)
by Rick Riordan
- List rank#2
- Price-
- Rating4.8
- Reviews37,995
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From the World of Percy Jackson: The Wild Zone: A major new series full of demigods, monsters and mythology (Camp Half-Blood Book 1)
by Rick Riordan
- List rank#3
- Price-
- Rating4.5
- Reviews229
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Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse (Book 3): Coming soon to Disney+ (Percy Jackson And The Olympians)
by Rick Riordan
- List rank#4
- Price-
- Rating4.7
- Reviews40,047
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Warriors: Changing Skies #3: Chasing Shadows: An Action Animal Novel about Survival for Kids (Ages 8-12)
by Erin Hunter
- List rank#5
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews421
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Princess Daisy and the Garden Tea Surprise (Princess Daisy's Adventures Book 2)
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews4
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EL SECRETO DE MARCOS: Saga de libros divertidos para niños y niñas de 9 10 11 12 años de aventuras, misterio y fantasía. Lectura preadolescente. ... (Crónicas de Alistea nº 1) (Spanish Edition)
by Rafael Nieto Río
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews204
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The Fish in Jonah's Puddle (To Say Nothing of the Demon)
by Byron Leavitt
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews41
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Speed Reader (The Speed Reader)
by Matthew Cody
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews26
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The Secret Life of Tools: The Magic Begins When No One is Watching
by Barry Waldo
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18
FAQ
Is Contemporary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 22 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Contemporary?
The median best seller has 22 reviews, and 65% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Contemporary best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $7.99.
Can new books break into Contemporary?
23% 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.