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Short Stories (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Short Stories (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 26 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 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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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
by George Saunders
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,415
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The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, stories, poems, plays, travel sketches, memoirs, letters and essays - a 19th-century illustrated edition
- List rank#2
- Price$1.49
- Rating4.0
- Reviews23
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage: A Reese's Book Club Pick
by Ann Patchett
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,601
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Short Stories in French for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn French the fun way! (Readers) (French Edition)
- List rank#4
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,207
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Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
by Amy-Jill Levine
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,083
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Heart of Darkness: The Restored Text (Annotated)
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews107
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way! (Readers nº 1) (Spanish Edition)
by Olly Richards
- List rank#7
- Price-
- Rating4.4
- Reviews370
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Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976: 161 witty essays spanning 1927-1976—E. B. White on Thoreau, Khrushchev, Maine, sparrows, and the common cold
by E. B. White
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews135
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The Storytellers: Reading the Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century Short Fiction
by Michael Gorra
- List rank#9
- Price$28.50
- Reviews-
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Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
by Natalie Haynes
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,600
FAQ
Is Short Stories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 26 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories?
The median best seller has 26 reviews, and 69% 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 $2.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Short Stories?
4% 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.