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Places (Themes & Styles, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Places (Themes & Styles, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.06, median 141 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.33 – $18.61 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Themes & Styles (995), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Places best sellers
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Between Heaven And Earth: Poems about Losing & Finding Yourself
by TheFallen Poet
- List rank#1
- Price$17
- Rating4.7
- Reviews596
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Begin Again
by Alex Aubrey
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews22
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You Better Be Lightning (Button Poetry)
by Andrea Gibson
- List rank#5
- Price$15.52
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,328
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The Collected Poems: The Complete Poetry Collection from the Pultizer Prize Winner (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
by Sylvia Plath
- List rank#6
- Price$19.45
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,651
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The Wild Iris: Winner of the Nobel Prize
by Louise Gluck
- List rank#7
- Price$15.83
- Rating4.6
- Reviews758
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Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement (Modern Classics)
by Sylvia Plath
- List rank#8
- Price$10.44
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,976
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Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)
by Andrea Gibson
- List rank#9
- Price$12.65
- Rating4.7
- Reviews976
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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Places
FAQ
Is Places a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 141 reviews and sells for $15.06.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Places?
The median best seller has 141 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Places best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.06; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.33 and $18.61.
Can new books break into Places?
9% 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.