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Midwest (Regional, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Midwest (Regional, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 8 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.19 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Regional (74), one of the easier corners under it.
- 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 lower than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 8 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Midwest best sellers
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Betty: The International Bestseller (W&N)
by Tiffany McDaniel
- List rank#1
- Price-
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,337
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Native Garden Made Easy: A Midwest Beginner's Guide to Pollinator, Prairie & Wildlife Gardens with Native Plants Plant Profiles, Garden Plans & Seasonal Care
by Calvin J. Brookmere
- List rank#2
- Price$6.99
- Reviews-
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Native American Herbalist’s Bible - 12 Books in 1: The Original Guide with 400+ Herbal Medicines & Plant Remedies. Build Your Garden & Herbal Apothecary And Improve Naturally Your Life-Long Vitality
by AYANA ONELASA
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews400
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The Ultimate Midwest Organic Gardening Guide: Unlock Secret Techniques For Fruit, Vegetable, Herb, and Soil Gardening, Composting Pests, and Native Midwest Medicinal Plants.
by M.O Gardener
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews7
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Gardening in the Lower Midwest: A Practical Guide for the New Zones 5 and 6 (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
by Diane Heilenman
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews8
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Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Ross Gay
- List rank#6
- Price$9
- Rating4.6
- Reviews573
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The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants
by Neil Diboll
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews132
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Midwest Home Landscaping including South-Central Canada, 4th Edition: 46 Landscape Designs with 200+ Plants & Flowers for Your Region
by Roger Holmes
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews114
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Introduction to Container Gardening : Beginners Guide to Growing Your Own Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs Using Containers and Grow Bags
by Madison Pierce
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews174
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The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Midwest (Regional Vegetable Gardening Series)
by Michael VanderBrug
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4
FAQ
Is Midwest a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 8 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Midwest?
The median best seller has 8 reviews, and 81% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Midwest best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.19.
Can new books break into Midwest?
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.