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Reference (Movies & Video, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Reference (Movies & Video, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.99, median 146 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$10.99Median price
146Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • At $10.99 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
  • The same niche in Books scores 36, 10 points higher than here; worth checking both.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Reference best sellers

  1. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather book cover by Mark Seal

    Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

    by Mark Seal

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,866

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  2. 5001 Nights at the Movies (Holt Paperback) book cover by Pauline Kael

    5001 Nights at the Movies (Holt Paperback)

    by Pauline Kael

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews153

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  3. Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood book cover by Mick LaSalle

    Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood

    by Mick LaSalle

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews251

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  4. The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (Shooting Script) book cover by Carl Gottlieb

    The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (Shooting Script)

    by Carl Gottlieb

    • List rank#4
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,271

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  5. The Film Appreciation Book: The Film Course You Always Wanted to Take book cover by Jim Piper

    The Film Appreciation Book: The Film Course You Always Wanted to Take

    by Jim Piper

    • List rank#5
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews67

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  6. The Hollywood Book Of Scandals: The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More  book cover by James Robert Parish

    The Hollywood Book Of Scandals: The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More than 100 American Movie and TV Idols (Encore Film Book Classics 10)

    by James Robert Parish

    • List rank#6
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews394

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  7. Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time book cover by George Anastasia

    Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time

    by George Anastasia

    • List rank#7
    • Price$15.95
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews51

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  8. The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback) book cover by Foster Hirsch

    The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback)

    by Foster Hirsch

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews118

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  9. I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie book cover by Roger Ebert

    I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie

    by Roger Ebert

    • List rank#9
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews466

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  10. Star Trek Timelines book cover by Derek Tyler Attico

    Star Trek Timelines

    by Derek Tyler Attico

    • List rank#10
    • Price$19.99
    • Reviews-

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FAQ

Is Reference a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 146 reviews and sells for $10.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Reference?

The median best seller has 146 reviews, and 42% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Reference best sellers cost?

The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Reference?

6% 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.