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Literary (Biography, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Literary (Biography, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.71 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Biography (1,406), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Literary best sellers
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Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak
- List rank#1
- Price$11.94
- Rating4.1
- Reviews392
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Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
by Gary Paulsen
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews852
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Original, Unabridged, 1885 Classic, Annotated with Powerful New Insights by Beau Thorne (by Timeless Treasures)
by Mark Twain
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews27
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The Pink Marine UNLOADED: A Journal Of Letters From Boot Camp
by Greg Cope White
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews16
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The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano
by Ann Cameron
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews269
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The Heartstopper Yearbook: The phenomenal graphic novel series, also on Netflix!
by Alice Oseman
- List rank#7
- Price-
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,972
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Youth and Life: Enriched edition. Navigating the Landscape of Young Adulthood
by Randolph Silliman Bourne
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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FAQ
Is Literary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Literary?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 69% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Literary best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.71 and $9.99.
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.