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State & Local Government: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for State & Local Government, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 130 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.49 – $14.12 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 37% of the parent category United States (353), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.49 to $14.12, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 State & Local Government best sellers
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Open Seat
by Erica Choinka
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews215
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Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
by Andy Ngo
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6,480
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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,262
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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
- List rank#4
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,399
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Obama's Dark Files : Lies, betrayals and abuses of power of a "Scandal Free" President
by Pierre Rehov
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,681
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Treading Water: A New Orleans Police Officer’s Memoir of Survival and Service During Hurricane Katrina
by Chad Perez
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews25
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
by Kim Phillips-Fein
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews208
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How Dare You: An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed—and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment
by Glenda Baskin Glover
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews133
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
by Jose Antonio Vargas
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,237
FAQ
Is State & Local Government a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, 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 State & Local Government?
The median best seller has 130 reviews, and 45% of them have fewer than 100.
What do State & Local Government best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.49 and $14.12.
Can new books break into State & Local Government?
14% 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.