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Literary (Children's Books › Biographies, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Literary (Children's Books › Biographies, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.91, median 161 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.99 – $13.96 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Biographies (1,456), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $9.91 its median price is below 92% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Literary best sellers
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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner)
by Lindsay Mattick
- List rank#1
- Price$11.43
- Rating4.9
- Reviews1,877
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Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
- List rank#2
- Price$6.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,037
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The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel)
by John Hendrix
- List rank#4
- Price$13.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews512
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My Book of Little House Paper Dolls: The Big Woods Collection
- List rank#5
- Price$11.46
- Rating4.8
- Reviews687
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Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
by Sally M. Walker
- List rank#6
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews302
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The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories
by Barbara M. Walker
- List rank#8
- Price$8.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,638
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What Is the Story of the Headless Horseman?
by Sheila Keenan
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews60
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Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
by Katie Wray Schon
- List rank#10
- Price$14.84
- Rating4.8
- Reviews106
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Literary
FAQ
Is Literary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 161 reviews and sells for $9.91.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Literary?
The median best seller has 161 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Literary best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.91; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $13.96.
Can new books break into Literary?
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.