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Essays (Essays & Correspondence, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Essays (Essays & Correspondence, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.51, median 1,518 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $16.71 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,518 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $11.51 its median price is below 84% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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Mere Christianity: From The Bestselling Author of the Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
- List rank#1
- Price$11.38
- Rating4.8
- Reviews14,255
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,871
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
by John Green
- List rank#3
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,222
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The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#4
- Price$9.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,934
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir (Vintage International), Book Cover May Vary
- List rank#5
- Price$9.75
- Rating4.4
- Reviews10,774
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Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis Signature Classics)
by C. S. Lewis
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,958
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The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
- List rank#7
- Price$12.15
- Rating4.6
- Reviews639
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Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,386
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The Book of Delights: Essays
by Ross Gay
- List rank#9
- Price$8.85
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,120
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
- List rank#10
- Price$7.69
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13,066
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FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,518 reviews and sells for $11.51.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 1,518 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.51; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $16.71.
Can new books break into Essays?
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.