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Guides & Reviews (Movies & Video, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Guides & Reviews (Movies & Video, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.99, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $13.34 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 22% of the parent category Movies & Video (183), one of the easier corners under it.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $13.34, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Guides & Reviews best sellers
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Jungle Red!: The Making of MGM's The Women
- List rank#1
- Price$22.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews52
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5001 Nights at the Movies (Holt Paperback)
by Pauline Kael
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews153
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Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time
by George Anastasia
- List rank#3
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews51
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The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion: Your guide to Armageddon and the series based on the bestselling novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
by Matt Whyman
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,175
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The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter (Turner Classic Movies)
by Jeremy Arnold
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews789
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Your Movie Sucks
by Roger Ebert
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews286
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I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie
by Roger Ebert
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews466
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Official Movie Guide
by Brian Sibley
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews99
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas Trivia
by Michael Meverden
- List rank#9
- Price$5.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews64
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40 Years, 40 Films
by Nick Digilio
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews16
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FAQ
Is Guides & Reviews a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Guides & Reviews?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 63% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Guides & Reviews best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.34.
Can new books break into Guides & Reviews?
16% 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.