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Drama & Plays (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Drama & Plays (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 60 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.37 – $12.67 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.37 to $12.67, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Drama & Plays 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 Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
by Jack Viertel
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews545
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
by Robert Fagles
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,653
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2: Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Timon of Athens, ... Winter's Tale, The Tempest (Phoenix Books)
by Harold C. Goddard
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews60
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Shakespeare After All
by Marjorie Garber
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews285
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Shakespeare's Festive Comedy: A Study of Dramatic Form and Its Relation to Social Custom
by C. L. Barber
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11
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Shakespeare's Greatest Love (Disruption Curio)
by David Medina
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews50
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The Life of the Drama (Applause Books)
by Eric Bentley
- List rank#10
- Price$13.29
- Rating4.3
- Reviews26
FAQ
Is Drama & Plays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 60 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Drama & Plays?
The median best seller has 60 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Drama & Plays best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.37 and $12.67.
Can new books break into Drama & Plays?
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.