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Rural (Sociology, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Rural (Sociology, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.96, median 333 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.94 – $18.57 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Sociology (5,749), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 71% of Books categories: the median best seller has 333 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Rural best sellers
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Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
by David Werner
- List rank#1
- Price$29.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,028
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Homesick: A Drive Across a Dazed America
by Walter Kirn
- List rank#2
- Price$29.99
- Reviews-
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
- List rank#3
- Price$10.89
- Rating4.4
- Reviews125,989
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Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
by Stephen Starring Grant
- List rank#4
- Price$14.98
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,528
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
by Tom Schaller
- List rank#5
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews743
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
by H. G. Bissinger
- List rank#6
- Price$19.79
- Rating4.4
- Reviews19
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Dispatches from Rural America: Sixteen Essays
- List rank#7
- Price$27
- Reviews-
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The Unsettling of America (50th Anniversary Edition): Culture and Agriculture
- List rank#8
- Price$19.84
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living
by Eliot Wigginton
- List rank#9
- Price$12.57
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,284
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All over but the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
- List rank#10
- Price$9.12
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,439
FAQ
Is Rural a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 333 reviews and sells for $14.96.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Rural?
The median best seller has 333 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Rural best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.96; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.94 and $18.57.
Can new books break into Rural?
7% 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.