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Satire (Humor, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Satire (Humor, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 4,710 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).

21Opportunity / 100
$7.99Median price
4,710Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $12.99
Average rating4.3
New releases (90 days)10%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 4,710 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 3.2× those of the parent category Humor, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Satire best sellers

  1. The Answer Is No: A Short Story book cover by Fredrik Backman

    The Answer Is No: A Short Story

    by Fredrik Backman

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews63,912

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  2. The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella book cover by Freida McFadden

    The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie: A Satirical Novella

    by Freida McFadden

    • List rank#2
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating3.6
    • Reviews63,941

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  3. Fallow: A Novel book cover by Sarah Anderson

    Fallow: A Novel

    by Sarah Anderson

    • List rank#3
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews622

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  4. I See You've Called in Dead: A Novel book cover by John Kenney

    I See You've Called in Dead: A Novel

    by John Kenney

    • List rank#4
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews8,790

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  5. My Brother's Billionaire Best Friend (Billionaire Collection Book 2) book cover by Max Monroe

    My Brother's Billionaire Best Friend (Billionaire Collection Book 2)

    by Max Monroe

    • List rank#5
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews8,572

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  6. The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel book cover by Tom Wolfe

    The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel

    by Tom Wolfe

    • List rank#6
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews5,945

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  7. Fight Club: A Novel book cover by Chuck Palahniuk

    Fight Club: A Novel

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    • List rank#7
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews17,675

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  8. Yellowface: A Chilling Novel of Racism and Cultural Appropriation from the author of Katab book cover by R. F. Kuang

    Yellowface: A Chilling Novel of Racism and Cultural Appropriation from the author of Katabasis

    by R. F. Kuang

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating3.9
    • Reviews72,950

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  9. James (Pulitzer Prize Winner): A Novel book cover by Percival Everett

    James (Pulitzer Prize Winner): A Novel

    by Percival Everett

    • List rank#9
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews107,657

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  10. The Last Living Diva book cover by Matthew Addison

    The Last Living Diva

    by Matthew Addison

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews25

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FAQ

Is Satire a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4,710 reviews and sells for $7.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Satire?

The median best seller has 4,710 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Satire best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.

Can new books break into Satire?

10% 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.