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Directories: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Directories, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.72, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 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.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Directories best sellers
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
by Geoffrey O'Brien
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews61
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500 Amazing Online Archives and Digital Collections You've Never Heard Of: US Edition
- List rank#2
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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The Big Book of Genealogy Lists
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews53
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Donna Leon INSPECTOR GUIDO BRUNETTI Novels List With Summaries and Checklist for your Kindle: DONNA LEON - BRUNETTI NOVELS WITH SHORT SUMMARIES - INCLUDES ... IN 2017 (Series Reading List Book 15)
by Sir Reed A. Lott
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews103
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Memorable Quotations: W.H. Auden
by W.H. Auden
- List rank#5
- Price$1
- Rating3.5
- Reviews71
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present
by Tim Brooks
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews280
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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 40th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
by Writer's Digest Editors
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews172
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A Greek-English Lexicon
by Henry George Liddell
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews22
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Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime
by Sam Giancana
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews105
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Book Promotion Directory: Blogs, Podcast, Promoters & Advance Readers
by Deena Rae Schoenfeldt
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1
FAQ
Is Directories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $7.72.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Directories?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 81% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Directories best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.72; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Directories?
5% 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.