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Theater & Musicals: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Theater & Musicals, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.31, median 103 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| 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.
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Performing Arts (271), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Theater & Musicals best sellers
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Dream On: A Slow Burn Second Chance Romance
by Jennifer Hartmann
- List rank#1
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,059
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – The Complete Screenplay
by J.K. Rowling
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,978
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
by J.K. Rowling
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,099
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Our Strange Duet: Inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera
by Erin A. Craig
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews187
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Dear Evan Hansen: THE NOVEL
by Val Emmich
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,322
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Stages (Little Birdie Book 1)
by Whitney Amazeen
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews80
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The Shakespeare Stealer
by Gary Blackwood
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews773
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The Ruse: Bad-boy/Co-Star Romance (Eden Falls Academy)
by Judy Corry
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews556
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Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner — A Novel of Loss and Recovery, for Kids (Ages 10-12)
- List rank#9
- Price$5.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,559
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Between Perfect and Real
by Ray Stoeve
- List rank#10
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews116
FAQ
Is Theater & Musicals a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 103 reviews and sells for $8.31.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Theater & Musicals?
The median best seller has 103 reviews, and 49% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Theater & Musicals best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.31; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Theater & Musicals?
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.