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Literary Fiction (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Literary Fiction (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 17,206 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 12/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 17,206 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Books scores 28, 17 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- 18% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Literary Fiction best sellers
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The Calamity Club: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews100,505
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Partita: A Novel
- List rank#4
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,525
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The Distance Between Us: A Novel
by Maggie O'Farrell
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews5,577
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Love You More: A Novel
by Emily Giffin
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews8,600
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Peck & Peck: A Novel
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews861
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Little Wonder: Oprah's Book Club: A Novel (Thousand Voices)
by Sophie Chen Keller
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,111
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Literary
FAQ
Is Literary Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 12/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 17,206 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Literary Fiction?
The median best seller has 17,206 reviews, and 1% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Literary Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Literary Fiction?
18% 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.