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Jazz (Music, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Jazz (Music, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.99, median 22 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $17.01 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Music (449), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 72% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 22 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Jazz best sellers
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Welcome to Jazz: A Swing-Along Celebration of America’s Music, Featuring “When the Saints Go Marching In” (Welcome to Music! Sound Button Books)
by Carolyn Sloan
- List rank#1
- Price$15.12
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,000
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Trombone Shorty: A Picture Book Biography
by Troy Andrews
- List rank#2
- Price$11.09
- Rating4.9
- Reviews718
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Who Was Louis Armstrong?
by Yona Zeldis McDonough
- List rank#3
- Price$6.29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews537
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What Were the Roaring Twenties? (What Was?)
by Michele Mortlock
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews185
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Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- List rank#5
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews58
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That Swingin' Sound!: The Musical Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
by Rekha S Rajan
- List rank#6
- Price$17.63
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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A Child's Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music (A Child's Introduction Series)
by Jabari Asim
- List rank#7
- Price$11
- Rating4.8
- Reviews27
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This Jazz Man: A Swinging Counting Rhyme Featuring Satchmo, Bojangles, and Mingus―A Toe-Tapping Jazz Tribute for Kids Ages 4-7
by Karen Ehrhardt
- List rank#8
- Price$8.84
- Rating4.7
- Reviews250
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LAINEY WILSON: From Farm Girl to Country Queen- Biography For Kids
by Bruce L Jimenez
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews22
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Ah, Music!: A Joyful Book About Instruments, Composers, and More for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by Aliki
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews58
FAQ
Is Jazz a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 22 reviews and sells for $13.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Jazz?
The median best seller has 22 reviews, and 83% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Jazz best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $17.01.
Can new books break into Jazz?
3% 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.