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Rural (Sociology, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Rural (Sociology, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.99, median 182 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $14.93 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Sociology (1,873), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.99 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Rural best sellers
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Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
by Stephen Starring Grant
- List rank#1
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,528
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Homesick: A Drive Across a Dazed America
by Walter Kirn
- List rank#2
- Price$28.49
- Reviews-
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
- List rank#3
- Price$15.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews125,989
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
by Tom Schaller
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews743
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JD Vance Biography: The 2026 Memoir: New Best Selling Political Kindle Ebooks - From Hillbilly Elegy to Washington
by Stephanie Johnson
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews256
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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
by Elizabeth Catte
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews548
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Dispatches from Rural America: Sixteen Essays
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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The Overlooked Americans: The Resilience of Our Rural Towns and What It Means for Our Country
by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews27
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Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
by Cassie Chambers
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,245
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Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders
by Dick Lehr
- List rank#10
- Price$9.60
- Rating4.3
- Reviews894
FAQ
Is Rural a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 182 reviews and sells for $10.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Rural?
The median best seller has 182 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Rural best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $14.93.
Can new books break into Rural?
5% 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.