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Reference (Music, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Reference (Music, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.98, median 284 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 41% of the parent category Music (698), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 284 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Reference best sellers
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Wisdom & Worries: Reflections on Life, Death, and Everything in Between
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews10
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Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs
by Dave Barry
- List rank#2
- Price$8.07
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,580
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What a Fool Believes: A Memoir — A Memoir by a Blue-Eyed Soul Singer
by Michael McDonald
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,293
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All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release
by Philippe Margotin
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,437
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Guitar: How to Memorize the Fretboard: Quickly and Easily Learn the Notes on the Guitar Neck (Beginner Guitar Books)
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,621
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Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
by Jean-Michel Guesdon
- List rank#6
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews878
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,085
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List (1,000... Before You Die Books)
by Tom Moon
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews249
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The Flame: Poems, Notebooks, Lyrics, Drawings
by Leonard Cohen
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews582
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FAQ
Is Reference a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 284 reviews and sells for $8.98.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Reference?
The median best seller has 284 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Reference best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.98; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Reference?
3% 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.