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States: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for States, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 85 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 19% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 22% of the parent category United States (384), one of the easier corners under it.
- 19% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 States best sellers
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey
by Richard Louis Proenneke
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,107
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Downtown: My Manhattan
by Pete Hamill
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews341
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PrairyErth: A Deep Map
by William Least Heat-Moon
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews226
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by William Finnegan
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,173
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Surviving Vegas: Stories from Casino Security
by Anthony Pellicano
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews120
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Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness
by Bonnie Rose Ward
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,871
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Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7,388
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Subcategories
- Florida26
- New Hampshire26
- California24
- New York24
- Hawaii23
- Tennessee22
- Colorado22
- Ohio22
- North Carolina22
- Kentucky21
- Maryland21
- Massachusetts21
- Wyoming21
- West Virginia21
- Montana21
- South Dakota21
- Vermont21
- Texas21
- Washington21
- Kansas21
- Nebraska21
- Wisconsin21
- Virginia21
- South Carolina21
- Arkansas21
- Delaware21
- Arizona21
- Maine21
- Utah21
- Illinois21
- Missouri21
- North Dakota21
- Michigan21
- Mississippi21
- Idaho21
- Pennsylvania20
- Louisiana20
- Nevada20
- Oregon20
- New Mexico20
- Georgia20
- Alaska20
- Connecticut20
- Alabama19
- Indiana19
- Iowa19
- Rhode Island19
- Minnesota19
- New Jersey19
- Oklahoma19
FAQ
Is States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 85 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in States?
The median best seller has 85 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do States best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into States?
19% 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.