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Educational & Nonfiction: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Educational & Nonfiction, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.29, median 1,018 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.87 – $17.53 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 85% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,018 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Educational & Nonfiction best sellers
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Kader's Quest
by Nadir Balan
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews14
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Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends Glow in the Dark Sticker Book: With More Than 100 Stickers (Disney Junior: Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends)
by DK
- List rank#2
- Price$6.28
- Rating4.7
- Reviews586
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Smile: A Graphic Novel
- List rank#3
- Price$7
- Rating4.7
- Reviews21,675
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MrBallen Presents: The Terror Within: The Graphic Stories (MrBallen Graphic Stories)
by MrBallen
- List rank#4
- Price$26.10
- Rating4.9
- Reviews48
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Guts: A Graphic Novel
- List rank#5
- Price$7
- Rating4.8
- Reviews20,429
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Sisters: A Graphic Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$8.63
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21,449
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Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling
by Frank Miller
- List rank#7
- Price$18.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews81
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)
by Marjane Satrapi
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,769
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Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition
by Alan Cowsill
- List rank#9
- Price$45
- Rating4.8
- Reviews678
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FAQ
Is Educational & Nonfiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,018 reviews and sells for $12.29.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Educational & Nonfiction?
The median best seller has 1,018 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Educational & Nonfiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.29; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.87 and $17.53.
Can new books break into Educational & Nonfiction?
9% 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.