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Essays (Humor, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Essays (Humor, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,402 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.05 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,402 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.05, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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The Greedy Bastard Diary: Around the States in 80 Days
by Eric Idle
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews182
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Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir – A Hilarious New York Times Bestseller About Friendship and Bad Dates in Your Twenties
- List rank#2
- Price$14.49
- Rating4.2
- Reviews36,028
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The Land and Its People: Essays
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,241
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That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You: The New York Times Bestselling Illustrated Memoir on Dating, Humor, and Belonging
by Elyse Myers
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,667
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Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir
by Norm Macdonald
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,612
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (One World Essentials)
by Trevor Noah
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews114,012
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Actually, Nevermind: Essays
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews258
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Bossypants
by Tina Fey
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews21,029
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)
by Bill Bryson
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews26,953
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My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
by Lisa Scottoline
- List rank#10
- Price$12.25
- Rating4.5
- Reviews187
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FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,402 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 1,402 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.05.
Can new books break into Essays?
10% 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.