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Southern United States: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Southern United States, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 6,590 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 98% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 6,590 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 2.7× those of the parent category United States, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Southern United States best sellers
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The Calamity Club: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews100,505
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Violent Echoes: A Brooks & Banks Novel
by PJ Mouchet
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews640
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Run, Rose, Run: A Novel
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews57,474
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To Live and Die in Dixie: A Callahan Garrity Mystery – A Southern Amateur Sleuth Mystery of Civil War Relics and Murder (Callahan Garrity Mysteries Book 2)
by Mary Kay Andrews
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,907
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)
by Harper Lee
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews149,723
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When Crickets Cry
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews37,937
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The Sweet Tea Odyssey: A Novel
by Catherine Mann
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,449
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The Alibi
by Sandra Brown
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,747
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FAQ
Is Southern United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6,590 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Southern United States?
The median best seller has 6,590 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Southern United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Southern United States?
13% 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.