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Single Authors: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Single Authors, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $2.99, median 500 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $2.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 39% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 39% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 80% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 500 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Single Authors best sellers
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The Answer Is No: A Short Story
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews63,912
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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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The Housemaid's Wedding: A Short Story
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews119,985
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Evidence of the Affair
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews60,525
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Run for Your Life: A Short Story
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews8,716
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James Penney's New Identity (The Thriller Shorts)
by Lee Child
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews5,560
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Everybody's Favorite Guy: A Short Story
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews7,570
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Hide In The House: A psychological thriller short story (Shocking Standalone Short Story Series Book 5)
by Daniel Hurst
- List rank#9
- Price$1.31
- Rating4.3
- Reviews311
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And Then There Were None
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews59,136
FAQ
Is Single Authors a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 500 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Single Authors?
The median best seller has 500 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Single Authors 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 Single Authors?
39% 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.