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Drama (Genres & Styles, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Drama (Genres & Styles, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.95, median 195 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.57 – $16.94 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Genres & Styles (1,801), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Drama best sellers
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Notes from the Underground: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,981
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
by Sophocles
- List rank#3
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,653
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A Streetcar Named Desire
- List rank#4
- Price$8.75
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,423
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The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#5
- Price$5.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,039
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Revised by the Author
by Edward Albee
- List rank#6
- Price$9.79
- Rating4.6
- Reviews436
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Greatest Works of Jane Austen (Set of 5 Books)
by Jane Austen
- List rank#7
- Price$27.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,498
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
by Jack Viertel
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews545
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A Streetcar Named Desire
- List rank#9
- Price$11.72
- Rating4.5
- Reviews684
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Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
- List rank#10
- Price$9.47
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8
FAQ
Is Drama a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 195 reviews and sells for $12.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Drama?
The median best seller has 195 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Drama best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.57 and $16.94.
Can new books break into Drama?
2% 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.