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Short Stories (Literature & Fiction › Short Stories, Kindle eBooks, ID 7588912011): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Short Stories (Literature & Fiction › Short Stories, Kindle eBooks, ID 7588912011), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $2.99, median 301 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $3.12 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 24% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- 24% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 74% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 301 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Short Stories best sellers
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Good Joke! (Good Laugh Book 1)
by Ivy Myst
- List rank#1
- Price$3.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews113
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Stranded at Michaelmas: A Pride and Prejudice Novella (Holidays with Darcy and Elizabeth)
by Melissa Anne
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews402
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Idle Gossip: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Novella (Darcy and Elizabeth Variations)
by MJ Stratton
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews148
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Faith (The Shackleford Sisters Book 3)
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,215
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Hide, Little Thief: An Enemies to Lovers Why Choose Masked Men Stalker Dark Romance Novella (Deadly Shorts Book 2)
by Scarlett Croft
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews66
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Possessive Stepbrother's Milky Obsession: A Taboo Stepsibling Spicy Forbidden Age Gap Irish Mafia Boss Romance (Stepbrother's Forbidden Fantasies Book 1)
by Stella Stepp
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews257
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A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home: the ghost story that knows where you live
by Jason Arnopp
- List rank#7
- Price$1.33
- Rating3.8
- Reviews1,374
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Scream, Little Thief: An Enemies to Lovers Why Choose Masked Men Stalker Dark Romance Halloween Novella (Deadly Shorts Book 3)
by Scarlett Croft
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews83
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The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,718
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20 Minutes On The Tube (20 Minute Series Book 1)
by Daniel Hurst
- List rank#10
- Price$1.32
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,671
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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 301 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories?
The median best seller has 301 reviews, and 34% 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 $0.99 and $3.12.
Can new books break into Short Stories?
24% 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.