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Parents (Teens › Literature & Fiction › Social & Family Issues › Family, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Parents (Teens › Literature & Fiction › Social & Family Issues › Family, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.54, median 1,526 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$9.54Median price
1,526Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$7.85 – $11.61
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)1%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its median reviews are 26% of the parent category Family (5,782), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,526 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Parents best sellers

  1. Hatchet book cover by Gary Paulsen

    Hatchet

    by Gary Paulsen

    • List rank#1
    • Price$5.41
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews28,666

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  2. Divergent Collector's Edition: Explore futuristic Chicago's five-faction society in this d book cover by Veronica Roth

    Divergent Collector's Edition: Explore futuristic Chicago's five-faction society in this deluxe Collector's Edition—72 bonus pages, essays, and a Dauntless map.

    by Veronica Roth

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews63,370

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  3. A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance book cover by Sophie Jomain

    A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance

    by Sophie Jomain

    • List rank#3
    • Price$12.13
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews1,511

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  4. Divergent Series Four-Book Hardcover Gift Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four book cover by Veronica Roth

    Divergent Series Four-Book Hardcover Gift Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four

    by Veronica Roth

    • List rank#4
    • Price$49.61
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews13,391

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  5. 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#5
    • Price$7.77
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,511

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  6. Little White Lies (Debutantes Book 1) book cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Little White Lies (Debutantes Book 1)

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    • List rank#6
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews2,969

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  7. A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd book cover by Patrick Ness

    A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd

    by Patrick Ness

    • List rank#7
    • Price$8.49
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews15,710

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  8. Love & Olives book cover by Jenna Evans Welch

    Love & Olives

    by Jenna Evans Welch

    • List rank#8
    • Price$10.39
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,804

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  9. The Crown (The Selection Book 5) book cover by Kiera Cass

    The Crown (The Selection Book 5)

    by Kiera Cass

    • List rank#9
    • Price$13.49
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews16,972

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  10. The Poet X: A Classic Young Adult Novel in Verse (Ages 13+) book cover by Elizabeth Acevedo

    The Poet X: A Classic Young Adult Novel in Verse (Ages 13+)

    by Elizabeth Acevedo

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.01
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews6,946

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FAQ

Is Parents a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,526 reviews and sells for $9.54.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Parents?

The median best seller has 1,526 reviews, and 8% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Parents best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.54; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.85 and $11.61.

Can new books break into Parents?

1% 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.