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Memoirs (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Memoirs (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.00, median 3,834 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 96% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 3,834 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 2.3× those of the parent category Biographies & Memoirs, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- 21% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Memoirs best sellers
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In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews5,567
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Making It So: A Memoir
by Patrick Stewart
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,760
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Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews63,333
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews44,300
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One Helluva Ride
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews931
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews97,037
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Hieronymus Bosch: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,379
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FAQ
Is Memoirs a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,834 reviews and sells for $10.00.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Memoirs?
The median best seller has 3,834 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Memoirs best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.00; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Memoirs?
21% 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.