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Drama & Plays (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Drama & Plays (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $2.99, median 908 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $3.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (30,138), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 908 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Drama & Plays best sellers
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,541
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production
by J.K. Rowling
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews110,302
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Dracula: The Original 1897 Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Bram Stoker Classics)
by Bram Stoker
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,666
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The Brothers Karamazov
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,120
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews758
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The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Unabridged And Complete Edition (F. Scott Fitzgerald Classics)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,774
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Hamlet (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,510
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,960
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The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Edition (A F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,894
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Dramas & Plays
FAQ
Is Drama & Plays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 908 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Drama & Plays?
The median best seller has 908 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Drama & Plays best sellers cost?
The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $3.99.
Can new books break into Drama & Plays?
8% 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.