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Soul: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Soul, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 130 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.15 – $13.45 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 21% of the parent category Musical Genres (610), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 16 points higher than here; worth checking both.
Top 10 Soul best sellers
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What a Fool Believes: A Memoir — A Memoir by a Blue-Eyed Soul Singer
by Michael McDonald
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,293
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Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye (Da Capo Paperback)
by David Ritz
- List rank#2
- Price$12.05
- Rating4.6
- Reviews994
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Over the Influence: A Memoir
by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews695
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Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul (The Soul Trilogy Book 1)
by Stuart Cosgrove
- List rank#4
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews523
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Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God, & Genius in the Music of Prince
by Ben Greenman
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews212
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Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
by Robert Gordon
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews379
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Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
by Colin Escott
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews102
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The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal
by Mark Ribowsky
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews170
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On Time: A Princely Life in Funk
by Morris Day
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,671
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Holding Lightning: The Life, Loves, and Art of Whitney Houston – An Icon's Unapologetic Power and Advocacy in Music History
by Emily Lordi
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9
Same niche in Books: R&B & Soul
FAQ
Is Soul a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 130 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Soul?
The median best seller has 130 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Soul best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.15 and $13.45.
Can new books break into Soul?
5% 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.