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Literacy: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Literacy, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.25, median 91 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.55 – $31.12 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Words, Language & Grammar (678), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $17.25 its median price beats 98% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Literacy best sellers
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The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews249
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How to Read a Book
by Charles Van Doren
- List rank#2
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,140
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Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach
by Margarita Madrigal
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,403
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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,389
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This Is Disciplinary Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area (Corwin Literacy)
by ReLeah Cossett Lent
- List rank#5
- Price$19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews447
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The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English
by Lynne Murphy
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews322
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The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects
by Joan Sedita M.Ed.
- List rank#7
- Price$28.79
- Rating4.7
- Reviews321
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews588
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Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy
by -Scholastic-
- List rank#9
- Price$17.86
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,918
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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews476
FAQ
Is Literacy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 91 reviews and sells for $17.25.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Literacy?
The median best seller has 91 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Literacy best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.25; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.55 and $31.12.
Can new books break into Literacy?
2% 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.