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Playwriting (Theater, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Playwriting (Theater, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 42 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.24 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Theater (532), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Playwriting best sellers
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production
by J.K. Rowling
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews110,302
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,960
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews498
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Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game
by Robert McKee
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews116
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Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Mary Shelley Classics)
by Mary Shelley
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,454
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The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
by Will Storr
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,628
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Hamlet
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews895
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Our Town: The Timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning Drama (Perennial Classics)
by Thornton Wilder
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,736
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The Line of Beauty (Modern Plays)
by Alan Hollinghurst
- List rank#9
- Price$10.45
- Rating4.1
- Reviews2,548
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Kunene and the King
by John Kani
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
FAQ
Is Playwriting a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 42 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Playwriting?
The median best seller has 42 reviews, and 57% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Playwriting best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.24 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Playwriting?
7% 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.