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Midwest (State & Local, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Midwest (State & Local, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 139 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.03 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category State & Local (908), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.03, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Midwest best sellers
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- List rank#1
- Price$9.40
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,096
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The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31,548
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In Cold Blood (Vintage International)
by Truman Capote
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,830
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Burger Chef (Images of America)
by Scott R. Sanders
- List rank#4
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews36
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Quantrill at Lawrence: The Untold Story
by Paul R. Petersen
- List rank#5
- Price$15.98
- Rating4.3
- Reviews61
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl—A National Book Award Winner
by Timothy Egan
- List rank#6
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,474
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,991
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The Innkeeper's Wife: A Novel of Bertha Palmer and Gilded Age Chicago
by Siobhan Hartsell
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews63
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PrairyErth: A Deep Map
by William Least Heat-Moon
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews226
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A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore
by Matthew Davis
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews45
FAQ
Is Midwest a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 139 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Midwest?
The median best seller has 139 reviews, and 43% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Midwest best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.03.
Can new books break into Midwest?
7% 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.