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Nonfiction (Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Nonfiction (Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $2.99, median 1,466 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,466 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 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 Nonfiction 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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The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews8,606
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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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#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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Art, Annotated: The World's 500 Greatest Paintings Explained
by DK
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews137
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Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #21)
by Jeff Kinney
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,229
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History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map)
by DK
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,663
Subcategories
- Crafts, Hobbies & Home41
- Children's Nonfiction31
- Cookbooks, Food & Wine31
- Arts & Photography28
- Computers & Technology27
- Parenting & Relationships27
- Business & Money26
- Engineering & Transportation26
- Science & Math26
- Medical eBooks24
- History24
- Biographies & Memoirs23
- Self-Help22
- Politics & Social Sciences22
- Literary Criticism22
- Law22
- Health, Fitness & Dieting20
- Travel15
- Education & Teaching14
FAQ
Is Nonfiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,466 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Nonfiction?
The median best seller has 1,466 reviews, and 13% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Nonfiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Nonfiction?
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.