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Punk (Musical Genres, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Punk (Musical Genres, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.97, median 123 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.03 – $24.38 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Musical Genres (1,198), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 19, 13 points lower than here.
Top 10 Punk best sellers
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,196
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Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
by Mark Hoppus
- List rank#2
- Price$18.89
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,578
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music ― Foo Fighters Frontman Dave Grohl's #1 NYT Bestselling Rock Memoir of Family, Drums, and Punk Rock
by Dave Grohl
- List rank#3
- Price$11.43
- Rating4.8
- Reviews36,115
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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#4
- Price$11.65
- Rating4.7
- Reviews396
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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$23.24
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15
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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
by Michael Azerrad
- List rank#7
- Price$17.72
- Rating4.6
- Reviews966
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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$16.57
- Rating4.3
- Reviews193
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Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
by Kathleen Hanna
- List rank#9
- Price$22.79
- Rating4.7
- Reviews850
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Dancing with Myself
by Billy Idol
- List rank#10
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,180
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Punk
FAQ
Is Punk a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 123 reviews and sells for $17.97.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Punk?
The median best seller has 123 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Punk best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.03 and $24.38.
Can new books break into Punk?
12% 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.