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Reading & Phonics: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Reading & Phonics, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.00, median 542 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.97 – $18.91 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 48% of the parent category Instruction Methods (1,118), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Books categories: the median best seller has 542 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Reading & Phonics best sellers
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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Revised and Updated Second Edition
by Siegfried Engelmann
- List rank#2
- Price$16.52
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,388
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First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Level A: 25 Irresistible Books That Are Just the Right Level for Beginning Readers
by Liza Charlesworth
- List rank#3
- Price$15.30
- Rating4.7
- Reviews32,468
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Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension Grade 2 Workbook
by Scholastic Teaching Resources
- List rank#4
- Price$4.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews850
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Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension Grade 3 Workbook
by Scholastic Teaching Resources
- List rank#5
- Price$4.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews957
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Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension Grade 4 Workbook
by Scholastic Teaching Resources
- List rank#6
- Price$4.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,039
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Charge into Reading Decodable Books (Stage 1): 5 Short Vowel Decodable Readers to Help Kindergarten and First Grade Beginning Readers Learn to Read (One Short Vowel Sound Per Book)
- List rank#7
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.8
- Reviews488
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The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades
by Judith C. Hochman
- List rank#8
- Price$22.04
- Rating4.8
- Reviews464
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Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension Grade 1 Workbook
by Scholastic Teaching Resources
- List rank#9
- Price$4.89
- Rating4.8
- Reviews590
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Scholastic Success with Reading Tests Grade 3 Workbook
by Scholastic Teaching Resources
- List rank#10
- Price$4.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews806
FAQ
Is Reading & Phonics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 542 reviews and sells for $15.00.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Reading & Phonics?
The median best seller has 542 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Reading & Phonics best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.00; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.97 and $18.91.
Can new books break into Reading & Phonics?
0% 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.