KDP categories · Top KDP authors

New Experiences (Social & Family Issues, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for New Experiences (Social & Family Issues, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.60, median 1,009 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$9.60Median price
1,009Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$7.67 – $12.32
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)3%
Books on the list100
StoreBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Social & Family Issues (12,280), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • At $9.60 its median price is below 92% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 New Experiences best sellers

  1. The Inheritance Games book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Inheritance Games

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#1
    • Price$6.43
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews51,813

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  2. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, 2) book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, 2)

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#2
    • Price$6.33
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews33,649

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  3. Killer Instinct (The Naturals Book 2) book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Killer Instinct (The Naturals Book 2)

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews20,271

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  4. The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, 3) book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, 3)

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#4
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews26,422

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  5. Brisingr: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 3 book cover by Christopher Paolini

    Brisingr: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 3

    by Christopher Paolini

    • List rank#5
    • Price$24.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews12,548

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  6. The Inheritance Games Paperback Collection book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Inheritance Games Paperback Collection

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#6
    • Price$27.72
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews679

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  7. Uglies book cover by Scott Westerfeld

    Uglies

    by Scott Westerfeld

    • List rank#7
    • Price$8
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews7,394

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  8. The Inheritance Cycle 4-Book Trade Paperback Boxed Set: Eragon; Eldest; Brisingr; Inherita book cover by Christopher Paolini

    The Inheritance Cycle 4-Book Trade Paperback Boxed Set: Eragon; Eldest; Brisingr; Inheritance

    by Christopher Paolini

    • List rank#8
    • Price$29.12
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews11,606

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  9. Blood Moon book cover by Britney S. Lewis

    Blood Moon

    by Britney S. Lewis

    • List rank#9
    • Price$19.69
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews549

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

  10. Peak: A Thrilling Adventure About Climbing Everest and Risking Everything (A Peak Marcello book cover by Roland Smith

    Peak: A Thrilling Adventure About Climbing Everest and Risking Everything (A Peak Marcello Adventure, 1)

    by Roland Smith

    • List rank#10
    • Price$7.77
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,511

    View on Amazon · Full data on KDPTop

FAQ

Is New Experiences a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,009 reviews and sells for $9.60.

How many reviews do you need to rank in New Experiences?

The median best seller has 1,009 reviews, and 5% of them have fewer than 100.

What do New Experiences best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.60; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.67 and $12.32.

Can new books break into New Experiences?

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.