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General Humor: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for General Humor, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 7,372 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).

15Opportunity / 100
$4.99Median price
7,372Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $11.99
Average rating4.3
New releases (90 days)13%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 98% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 7,372 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 General Humor best sellers

  1. Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2 book cover by Matt Dinniman

    Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman

    • List rank#1
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews102,650

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  2. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3 book cover by Matt Dinniman

    The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3

    by Matt Dinniman

    • List rank#2
    • Price$4.49
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews95,111

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  3. The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5 book cover by Matt Dinniman

    The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 5

    by Matt Dinniman

    • List rank#3
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews65,945

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  4. Peck & Peck: A Novel book cover by Bonnie Garmus

    Peck & Peck: A Novel

    by Bonnie Garmus

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews861

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  5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition book cover by Douglas Adams

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    by Douglas Adams

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews30,923

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  6. Book Club Confidential: A Novel book cover by Julie Hatcher

    Book Club Confidential: A Novel

    by Julie Hatcher

    • List rank#6
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews6,427

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  7. The Answer Is No: A Short Story book cover by Fredrik Backman

    The Answer Is No: A Short Story

    by Fredrik Backman

    • List rank#7
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews63,912

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  8. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Heartwarming Story of Redemption and Forgiveness, D book cover by Anna Johnston

    The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Heartwarming Story of Redemption and Forgiveness, Discover the Power of Second Changes and Found Family

    by Anna Johnston

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews22,450

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  9. Sandwich: The Instant New York Times Bestselling Novel book cover by Catherine Newman

    Sandwich: The Instant New York Times Bestselling Novel

    by Catherine Newman

    • List rank#9
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating3.8
    • Reviews43,943

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  10. Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo (Stephanie Plum Book 32) book cover by Janet Evanovich

    Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo (Stephanie Plum Book 32)

    by Janet Evanovich

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Reviews-

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FAQ

Is General Humor a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7,372 reviews and sells for $4.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in General Humor?

The median best seller has 7,372 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.

What do General Humor best sellers cost?

The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.99.

Can new books break into General Humor?

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.