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Poetry (Genres & Styles, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Poetry (Genres & Styles, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.62, median 267 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.29 – $18.28 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Genres & Styles (1,801), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Poetry best sellers
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Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews874
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Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
- List rank#2
- Price$19.44
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,075
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Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
by Emily Wilson
- List rank#3
- Price$17.67
- Rating4.5
- Reviews193
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The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)
- List rank#4
- Price$17.36
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,738
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Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay (Nobel Prize Winner) (Princeton Classics)
by Anne Carson
- List rank#7
- Price$11.66
- Rating4.7
- Reviews318
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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost
by Harold Bloom
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews427
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FAQ
Is Poetry a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 267 reviews and sells for $13.62.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Poetry?
The median best seller has 267 reviews, and 21% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Poetry best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.62; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.29 and $18.28.
Can new books break into Poetry?
3% 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.