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Short Stories (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Short Stories (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $2.99, median 543 reviews, average rating 4.1 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$2.99Median price
543Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$1.99 – $2.99
Average rating4.1
New releases (90 days)26%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Women's Fiction (13,687), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
  • 26% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 92% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.

Top 10 Short Stories best sellers

  1. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Heartwarming Story of Redemption and Forgiveness, D book cover by Anna Johnston

    The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Heartwarming Story of Redemption and Forgiveness, Discover the Power of Second Changes and Found Family

    by Anna Johnston

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews22,450

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  2. Not His Bride: A Marriage of Convenience Betrayal (OTT Shorts) book cover by Audrey Halliwell

    Not His Bride: A Marriage of Convenience Betrayal (OTT Shorts)

    by Audrey Halliwell

    • List rank#2
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews771

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  3. The Price of Honey (Deadly Ambition collection) book cover by Liane Moriarty

    The Price of Honey (Deadly Ambition collection)

    by Liane Moriarty

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating3.7
    • Reviews33,460

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  4. Evidence of the Affair book cover by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Evidence of the Affair

    by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews60,525

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  5. Everybody's Favorite Guy: A Short Story book cover by Katherine Center

    Everybody's Favorite Guy: A Short Story

    by Katherine Center

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating3.9
    • Reviews7,570

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  6. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 book cover by Beth Brower

    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2

    by Beth Brower

    • List rank#6
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews16,473

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  7. He Chose Her Baby Over Ours (Crawling Back) book cover by Quinn Cross

    He Chose Her Baby Over Ours (Crawling Back)

    by Quinn Cross

    • List rank#7
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating3.8
    • Reviews665

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  8. The Bookstore Sisters (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories) book cover by Alice Hoffman

    The Bookstore Sisters (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories)

    by Alice Hoffman

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews57,978

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  9. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 book cover by Beth Brower

    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

    by Beth Brower

    • List rank#9
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews14,877

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  10. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 book cover by Beth Brower

    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5

    by Beth Brower

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews13,502

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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 543 reviews and sells for $2.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories?

The median best seller has 543 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Short Stories best sellers cost?

The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $2.99.

Can new books break into Short Stories?

26% 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.