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Playwriting (Theater, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Playwriting (Theater, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 175 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.87 – $17.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 31% of the parent category Theater (556), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.99 its median price is below 82% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
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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Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera: A Behind-the-Mask Look at the Global Phenomenon
- List rank#2
- Price$39.37
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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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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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents)
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,960
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Our Town: The Timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning Drama (Perennial Classics)
by Thornton Wilder
- List rank#5
- Price$9.98
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,736
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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$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,628
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Macbeth - Classics
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,961
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MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION
by Bryn Donovan
- List rank#8
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews230
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Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game
by Robert McKee
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews116
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Hamlet
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews895
FAQ
Is Playwriting a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 175 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Playwriting?
The median best seller has 175 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Playwriting best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.87 and $17.74.
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.