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Short Stories (Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction › Short Stories & Anthologies, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Short Stories (Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction › Short Stories & Anthologies, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 934 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- At $5.99 its median price is below 98% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Books categories: the median best seller has 934 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Short Stories best sellers
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And Then There Were None
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews59,136
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Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 9)
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews36,919
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Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice (Hercule Poirot series Book 35)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews10,305
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The German Wife: A Novel – A WWII Historical Fiction Story Inspired by True Secret Intelligence Programs
by Kelly Rimmer
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,551
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Granny Midwife Zettie: An Appalachian Short Story (The Appalachian Nurse Woman Series)
by Jenny Cafaro
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews850
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Everything My Mother Taught Me (Inheritance collection)
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews14,932
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The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
- List rank#7
- Price$14.21
- Rating4.4
- Reviews16,580
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Mail Order Bride: The Blacksmith’s Christmas Promise: Clean and Wholesome Historical Romance (Calloway Brothers Brides Book 2)
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5
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A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth: Stories
by Daniel Mason
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews656
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FAQ
Is Short Stories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 934 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories?
The median best seller has 934 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Short Stories best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Short Stories?
11% 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.