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Short Stories (Action & Adventure, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Short Stories (Action & Adventure, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $15.19, median 2,955 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.46 – $23.04 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Action & Adventure (30,843), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,955 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 19, 13 points lower than here.
Top 10 Short Stories best sellers
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A Week from Never (Murphy's Law Book 2)
- List rank#1
- Price$9.41
- Rating4.7
- Reviews521
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Tie-In Edition): A Song of Ice and Fire
- List rank#2
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews34,397
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Big Two-Hearted River: The Centennial Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$23.40
- Rating4.5
- Reviews565
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The Silo Series Boxed Set: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories
by Hugh Howey
- List rank#4
- Price$31.60
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,711
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Casino Royale: The First Legendary James Bond Novel
by Ian Fleming
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews13,225
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One Hundred Years of Solitude: A Novel (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
- List rank#6
- Price$10.43
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,583
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The Boy: Special Edition
by Reno Bachman
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition: An Illustrated Edition of Tolkien's Classic Epic Fantasy Adventure
- List rank#8
- Price$30
- Rating4.9
- Reviews6,991
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Three More Jack Reacher Novellas: Too Much Time, Small Wars, Not a Drill and Bonus Jack Reacher Stories
by Lee Child
- List rank#9
- Price$11.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews484
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The Mobster's Cowgirl (Mine at First Sight Book 1)
by Cassi Hart
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews217
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Short Stories
FAQ
Is Short Stories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,955 reviews and sells for $15.19.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories?
The median best seller has 2,955 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Short Stories best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.19; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.46 and $23.04.
Can new books break into Short Stories?
14% 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.