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Essays (Individual Artists, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Essays (Individual Artists, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $20.93, median 32 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 38/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.00 – $34.27 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Individual Artists (232), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $15.00 to $34.27, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
by Russ Ramsey
- List rank#1
- Price$15.21
- Rating4.8
- Reviews620
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Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive
by Russ Ramsey
- List rank#3
- Price$22.64
- Rating4.7
- Reviews331
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Making Art and Making a Living: Adventures in Funding a Creative Life
by Mason Currey
- List rank#4
- Price$6.70
- Rating4.4
- Reviews48
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Art Is How God Loves Us: The Sacred Beauty of Created Things
by Merideth Hite Estevez
- List rank#5
- Price$21.95
- Rating4.9
- Reviews32
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Design as Art
by Bruno Munari
- List rank#7
- Price$15.01
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,220
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Permanent Red: Essays in Seeing (The Essential John Berger)
by John Berger
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9
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Life with Picasso (New York Review Books Classics)
by Françoise Gilot
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,121
FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 38/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 32 reviews and sells for $20.93.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 32 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $20.93; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.00 and $34.27.
Can new books break into Essays?
13% 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.