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Humor (Literature & Fiction › Humor & Satire, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Humor (Literature & Fiction › Humor & Satire, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 2,309 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 17/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 2,309 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 21% of the parent category Humor & Satire (10,776), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Humor best sellers
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Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition: Stories
- List rank#1
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews396
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The Beekeeper's Bad Day: A Ben Perkins Novel
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,105
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Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories
by Hilma Wolitzer
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews761
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The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel – The Brilliantly Funny First Fantasy Parody in the Classic Satirical Series
- List rank#4
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28,279
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (A Meditation on Short Fiction)
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews621
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Alphalicious Billionaires Box Set Volume 1
by Lindsey Hart
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,380
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The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
by William Goldman
- List rank#7
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18,491
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Southern Charm: A Single Daddy Cowboy's Nanny, Secret Baby, Ranch Western Romance (Rainbow Canyon Cowboys)
by KC Crowne
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews496
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True Grit: A Novel
by Charles Portis
- List rank#9
- Price$6.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,879
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Diary of a Bad Boy (The Bromance Club Book 2)
by Meghan Quinn
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,427
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FAQ
Is Humor a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 17/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,309 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Humor?
The median best seller has 2,309 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Humor best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Humor?
1% 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.