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Essays (Animal Care & Pets, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Essays (Animal Care & Pets, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 1, 2026: median price $8.99, median 734 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 734 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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The Dog Who Came to Stay: A Memoir
by Hal Borland
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,215
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The Amazing Afterlife of Animals: Messages and Signs From Our Pets on the Other Side
by Karen A. Anderson
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,867
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Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About: A Memoir – A Tender Story of Fostering Rescue Pups and Finding Love in the Big City
by Isabel Klee
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,927
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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small Book 5)
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,769
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The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife
by Lucy Cooke
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews578
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Penelope: A Love Story
by Paul Bochner
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews54
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Saved by the Pack: How 50 Dogs Helped Me Find My Purpose
by Lee Asher
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews166
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Three James Herriot Classics: All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,174
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Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
by Michael Hingson
- List rank#9
- Price$0
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,938
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Puppy Brain: How Our Dogs Learn, Think, and Love
by Kerry Nichols
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews789
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FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 734 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 734 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Essays?
7% 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.