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Family Life Fiction: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Family Life Fiction, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.06, median 2,033 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.56 – $15.35 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 92% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,033 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Genre Fiction (5,352), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.06 its median price is below 86% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Family Life Fiction best sellers
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This Is How It Always Is: A Novel
by Laurie Frankel
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews41,868
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John of John (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
by Douglas Stuart
- List rank#2
- Price$15.54
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,110
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The Daughters of Rosebud: A Novel
by Sonny Buttar
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,969
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The Once and Future Witches
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews12,844
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Martyr! (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel
by Kaveh Akbar
- List rank#5
- Price$10.66
- Rating4.2
- Reviews13,623
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The Guncle
by Steven Rowley
- List rank#6
- Price$13.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews24,427
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The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
by Donna Tartt
- List rank#7
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.0
- Reviews132,721
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The Shots You Take: A Small-Town Gay Sports Romance of Reunited Ex-Teammates and Rediscovered Feelings
by Rachel Reid
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,359
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The Tulip Poplars
by Silas House
- List rank#9
- Price$25.74
- Rating4.6
- Reviews27
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Wayward Girls: A Powerful Story of Survival, Sisterhood, and Justice in a Vietnam-Era Catholic Reform School
by Susan Wiggs
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,410
FAQ
Is Family Life Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,033 reviews and sells for $11.06.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Family Life Fiction?
The median best seller has 2,033 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Family Life Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.06; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.56 and $15.35.
Can new books break into Family Life Fiction?
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.