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Essays (Miscellaneous, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Essays (Miscellaneous, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.66, median 355 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.99 – $13.62 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $10.66 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 355 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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The Breaks of the Game
- List rank#1
- Price$11.80
- Rating4.5
- Reviews896
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Never Sniff a Gift Fish
- List rank#2
- Price$10.78
- Rating4.8
- Reviews493
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The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews578
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The Grasshopper Trap
- List rank#4
- Price$9.46
- Rating4.7
- Reviews564
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Expensive Basketball
by Shea Serrano
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews168
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The Hockey 100: The Definitive Ranking of Ice Hockey's Greatest Players by The Athletic's Journalists (Sports series Book 4)
by The Athletic
- List rank#6
- Price$22.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Simple Fly Fishing (Revised Second Edition)
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews206
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Be on That Hill: Stories from the Summits of Sport
by Seth Wickersham
- List rank#8
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7
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The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created — A Biography of Babe Ruth
by Jane Leavy
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews837
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Pardon My Book: Ten Years of the Best (and Worst) in Sports from Pardon My Take
by Big Cat
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews416
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FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 355 reviews and sells for $10.66.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 355 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.66; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $13.62.
Can new books break into Essays?
6% 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.