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Readers: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Readers, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 6 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $7.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 15% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Words, Language & Grammar (678), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 6 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- 15% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Readers best sellers
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Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour (Mental Performance)
by Kam Knight
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,029
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Short Stories in Italian for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Italian the fun way! (Readers Vol. 1) (Italian Edition)
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,181
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Learn German With Stories: Café in Berlin – 10 Short Stories For Beginners (German Edition)
by André Klein
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,023
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Spanish Novels: Ana, estudiante (Short Stories for Beginners A1) (Spanish Novels Series) (Spanish Edition)
by Paco Ardit
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews324
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print — A Guide to Polishing Your Fiction
by Renni Browne
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,818
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Read Japanese Without Guessing — Level A1.1: あたらしい まいにち — Hiragana & Katakana Interlinear Reader for JLPT N5 Beginners
by Kaya Srilas
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between
- List rank#7
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews476
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Read German Without Guessing — Level B2.2 / Deutsch lesen ohne zu raten: No Guessing. No Dictionary. Just Reading. A German Graded Reader for Advanced ... lesen ohne zu raten 8) (German Edition)
by Kaya Srilas
- List rank#8
- Price$6.99
- Reviews-
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Read Korean Without Guessing — Level A1.1: 새로운 하루 - No Guessing. No Dictionary. Just Reading. Hangul, Greetings, Numbers, Colors & Everyday Korean Graded Interlinear Reader for TOPIK I Beginners
by Kaya Srilas
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating2.5
- Reviews2
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Learn Spanish With Stories (A2): La profe de español - Spanish Pre-intermediate (Spanish Edition)
by Juan Fernández
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,287
FAQ
Is Readers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Readers?
The median best seller has 6 reviews, and 67% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Readers best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $7.99.
Can new books break into Readers?
15% 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.