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Essays & Correspondence (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Essays & Correspondence (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.49, median 586 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $10.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (30,138), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $3.49 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 586 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Essays & Correspondence best sellers
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,871
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Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews874
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Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis Signature Classics)
by C. S. Lewis
- List rank#3
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,958
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews253
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How to Be Alone: Essays
by Jonathan Franzen
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews433
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Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (The Stoic Classics Collection Book 1)
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,933
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Berlin Diary
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,439
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The Long, Steep Path: Everyday Inspiration from the Author of Pay It Forward
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews694
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Two Women Walk into a Bar
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews12,725
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FAQ
Is Essays & Correspondence a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 586 reviews and sells for $3.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays & Correspondence?
The median best seller has 586 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays & Correspondence best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $10.99.
Can new books break into Essays & Correspondence?
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.