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Punk (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Punk (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 199 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 33% of the parent category Musical Genres (610), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
Top 10 Punk best sellers
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Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
by Peter Hook
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,237
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 — An Oral History of Emo
by Chris Payne
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews396
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
- List rank#3
- Price$11.39
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,197
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Punk Paradox: A Memoir
by Greg Graffin
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews301
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Resident Punk: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the '70s Punk Scene (and Beyond)
by Legs McNeil
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15
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Girl in a Band (10th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir – The New York Times Bestseller: The Rock Icon's Edgy and Evocative Journey
by Kim Gordon
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,810
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music — A Rock Memoir
by Dave Grohl
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews36,115
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Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock – The Definitive Band Biography of the 1970s Avant-Garde
by Jonathan Gould
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews193
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Made In Hollywood: All Access with the Go-Go’s
by Gina Schock
- List rank#9
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews235
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TMI: Memoirs of a Go-Go
by Jane Wiedlin
- List rank#10
- Price$15.99
- Reviews-
Same niche in Books: Punk
FAQ
Is Punk a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 199 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Punk?
The median best seller has 199 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Punk best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Punk?
11% 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.