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United States (Literature & Fiction › United States, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for United States (Literature & Fiction › United States, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.42, median 194 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.00 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category United States (2,402), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.00 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,095
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The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Unabridged And Complete Edition (F. Scott Fitzgerald Classics)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,774
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The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Edition (A F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,894
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Carson the Magnificent
by Bill Zehme
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews806
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The Crucible (Penguin Plays)
by Arthur Miller
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,798
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Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)
by Arthur Miller
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,614
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The Age of Innocence: The Original 1920 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Edith Wharton Classics)
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews970
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Intoxication: Age-Gap Love Triangle (Serendipity Book 1)
by Charlene Namdhari
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,679
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Our Town: The Timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning Drama (Perennial Classics)
by Thornton Wilder
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,736
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The Classic Collection of Langston Hughes. Poetry collections, Novels, Major plays. 9 books. Illustrated
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
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FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 194 reviews and sells for $8.42.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 194 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.42; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.00 and $9.99.
Can new books break into United States?
3% 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.