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State: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for State, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.24, median 181 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.32 – $21.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 33% of the parent category United States (556), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 State best sellers
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Open Seat
by Erica Choinka
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews215
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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- List rank#2
- Price$10.51
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,399
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Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
by Gavin Newsom
- List rank#3
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,194
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson
- List rank#4
- Price$14.18
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,004
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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
by David Talbot
- List rank#5
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,599
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Profiles in Courage: JFK's Pultizer Prize-Winning Classic
by John F. Kennedy
- List rank#6
- Price$9.68
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,123
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Obama's Dark Files : Lies, betrayals and abuses of power of a "Scandal Free" President
by Pierre Rehov
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California
by Miriam Pawel
- List rank#8
- Price$29.20
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Discrimination and Disparities
- List rank#9
- Price$14
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,363
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The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
by John W. DeCamp
- List rank#10
- Price$18.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,382
FAQ
Is State a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 181 reviews and sells for $16.24.
How many reviews do you need to rank in State?
The median best seller has 181 reviews, and 42% of them have fewer than 100.
What do State best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.24; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.32 and $21.50.
Can new books break into State?
12% 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.