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Short Stories & Anthologies (Religion & Spirituality › Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Short Stories & Anthologies (Religion & Spirituality › Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.48, median 364 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $11.52 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 15% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (4,018), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $8.48 its median price is below 95% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 39, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
Top 10 Short Stories & Anthologies best sellers
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Shelter Me This Christmas: Eight Faith-Filled Christmas Romantic Suspense Stories
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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The Pilgrim's Progress: A Readable Modern-Day Version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Revised and easy-to-read) (The Pilgrim's Progress Series)
by John Bunyan
- List rank#2
- Price$11.37
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,191
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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#3
- Price$7.48
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,818
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Firefighters, Cops, and Military Heroes: Eight stories of clean romantic suspense
by Alexa Verde
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews55
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The Best of Alexa Verde's Christmas Romances: Five clean & sweet romances with a touch of suspense
by Alexa Verde
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8
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Christmas Under Fire: A Christian Romantic Suspense Collection (A Thrill Before Christmas Book 1)
by Dana R. Lynn
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews73
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Grumpy Cowboy Collection: Sweet Water Falls Cowboys Complete Series Boxed Set
by Elana Johnson
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews665
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The December Target: A Christian Romantic Suspense Collection (A Thrill Before Christmas Book 2)
by Kristen Hogrefe Parnell
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews36
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Amish Love Comes Home Collection: Amish Romance 15 Book Box Set
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews211
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An Amish Christmas of Love: Bumper Christmas Amish Romance - 15 Book Box Set
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews8
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Short Stories
FAQ
Is Short Stories & Anthologies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 364 reviews and sells for $8.48.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Short Stories & Anthologies?
The median best seller has 364 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Short Stories & Anthologies best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.48; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $11.52.
Can new books break into Short Stories & Anthologies?
15% 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.