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Literary Criticism (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Literary Criticism (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $1.99, median 1,002 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $1.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,002 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Literary Criticism best sellers
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Hieronymus Bosch: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,379
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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John Douglas
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,048
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,541
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Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews874
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The Consolation of Philosophy (Penguin Classics)
by Anicius Boethius
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews737
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The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,065
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Animal Farm
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,618
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The Complete Old English Poems (The Middle Ages Series)
by Tom Shippey
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews43
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A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945
by Vasily Grossman
- List rank#10
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews603
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Literary
FAQ
Is Literary Criticism a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,002 reviews and sells for $1.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Literary Criticism?
The median best seller has 1,002 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Literary Criticism best sellers cost?
The median price is $1.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Literary Criticism?
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.