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Satire (Literary Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Satire (Literary Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 5,648 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).

22Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
5,648Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $13.99
Average rating4.2
New releases (90 days)7%
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 5,648 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 33% of the parent category Literary Fiction (17,206), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Satire best sellers

  1. Peck & Peck: A Novel book cover by Bonnie Garmus

    Peck & Peck: A Novel

    by Bonnie Garmus

    • List rank#1
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews861

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  2. Canon: A Novel book cover by Paige Lewis

    Canon: A Novel

    by Paige Lewis

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews115

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  3. The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel book cover by Margaret Atwood

    The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel

    by Margaret Atwood

    • List rank#3
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews181,034

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  4. Fallow: A Novel book cover by Sarah Anderson

    Fallow: A Novel

    by Sarah Anderson

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews622

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  5. Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition: Stories book cover by Kurt Vonnegut

    Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition: Stories

    by Kurt Vonnegut

    • List rank#5
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews396

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  6. Margo's Got Money Troubles: The Quirky and Heartwarming Inspiration for the Apple TV Serie book cover by Rufi Thorpe

    Margo's Got Money Troubles: The Quirky and Heartwarming Inspiration for the Apple TV Series

    by Rufi Thorpe

    • List rank#6
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews24,769

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

    The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel

    by Tom Wolfe

    • List rank#7
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews5,945

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

    Fight Club: A Novel

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews17,675

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  9. A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings ((Penguin Classics)) book cover by Charles Dickens

    A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings ((Penguin Classics))

    by Charles Dickens

    • List rank#9
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,258

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  10. 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#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating3.9
    • Reviews72,950

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FAQ

Is Satire a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 5,648 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Satire?

The median best seller has 5,648 reviews, and 5% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Satire best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.99.

Can new books break into Satire?

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.