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Short Stories (Religion & Spirituality › Short Stories & Anthologies, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Short Stories (Religion & Spirituality › Short Stories & Anthologies, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 236 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
Top 10 Short Stories best sellers
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A Cup of Zen: 21 Short Stories to Calm the Mind, Stop Overthinking, and Find Inner Peace: Includes Reflections for Beginners (The Zen Storyteller, Book 1)
by Kai Tsukimi
- List rank#1
- Price$7.48
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,818
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Short Stories for Seniors Who Like to Laugh: Uplifting and Funny Short Stories in Large Print – Feel-Good Tales to Inspire, Entertain, and Gift to Elderly Loved Ones (Easy Moments for Seniors)
by orvian studio
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews245
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The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
by Leo Tolstoy
- List rank#3
- Price$23.03
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,011
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Christmas Stories: Heartwarming Classics of Angels, a Manger, and the Birth of Hope
by Max Lucado
- List rank#4
- Price$11.20
- Rating4.7
- Reviews978
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories: Classic Southern Gothic tales of grace and violence―including "Good Country People"―with a new introduction by Lauren Groff.
by Flannery O'Connor
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,726
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Beyond Good and Evil
- List rank#6
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,635
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Books & Buried Secrets: A Sweet Small-Town Cozy Mystery (The Willow Creek Mysteries Book 1)
by Melissa Alyse
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews96
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A Letter to Georgia (The Letter Wives Book 2)
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews468
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Eleven Minutes: From the Bestselling Author of The Alchemist (P.S.)
by Paulo Coelho
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews6,036
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The Blind Scribe: A King's Men Prequel Novella (Volume 2) (The King's Men Novella Collection)
by Connilyn Cossette
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews389
FAQ
Is Short Stories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 236 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories?
The median best seller has 236 reviews, and 42% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Short Stories best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $14.99.
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.