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Subjects & Themes (Literary Criticism, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Subjects & Themes (Literary Criticism, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 692 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 692 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Subjects & Themes best sellers
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Hieronymus Bosch: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,379
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Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews874
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas Classics)
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews758
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Notes from the Underground: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,981
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Anne Of Green Gables: Complete 8-Book Box Set
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9,172
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Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,686
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1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
by James Mustich
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews897
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The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews5,297
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Subjects & Themes a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 692 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Subjects & Themes?
The median best seller has 692 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Subjects & Themes best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Subjects & Themes?
2% 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.