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Musicals (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Musicals (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 76 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.12 – $16.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Musical Genres (610), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Musicals best sellers
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
by Jack Viertel
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews545
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Broadway in Black and White: The Untold Story of the American Musical
by John Mauceri
- List rank#2
- Price$17.96
- Reviews-
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Potion Voyages Mystery Book: Chance of Harmony
by Jeremy Dwyer
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating2.5
- Reviews3
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Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway
by Tim Weil
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21
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Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America
by Laurence Maslon
- List rank#5
- Price$16.19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews41
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A Very Unusual Way: Maury Yeston and His Singular Path to Broadway and Beyond (Excelsior Editions)
by Joshua Rosenblum
- List rank#6
- Price$28.45
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (Oxford Keynotes)
by Tim Carter
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10
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tick, tick ... BOOM! Songbook (CHANT)
by Jonathan Larson
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews75
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"But He Doesn't Know the Territory": The Story behind Meredith Willson's The Music Man
by Meredith Willson
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews337
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Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
by Paul F. Berliner
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews119
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FAQ
Is Musicals a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 76 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Musicals?
The median best seller has 76 reviews, and 56% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Musicals best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.12 and $16.99.
Can new books break into Musicals?
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.