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United States (Literature & Fiction › United States, Books, ID 2160): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for United States (Literature & Fiction › United States, Books, ID 2160), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10, median 376 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.55 – $13.96 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category United States (27,817), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $10 its median price is below 89% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur Miller
- List rank#1
- Price$9.86
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,798
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A Raisin in the Sun (The Unfilmed Original Screenplay)
by Lorraine Hansberry
- List rank#2
- Price$8.07
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,990
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel
- List rank#3
- 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#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,774
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Fences
- List rank#5
- Price$7.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,519
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Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Arthur Miller
- List rank#6
- Price$7.50
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,615
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A Streetcar Named Desire
- List rank#7
- Price$8.75
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,423
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Hamilton: The Revolution
by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- List rank#8
- Price$22.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews14,936
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Our Town: The Timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning Drama (Perennial Classics)
by Thornton Wilder
- List rank#9
- Price$9.98
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,736
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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
- List rank#10
- Price$9.50
- Rating4.3
- Reviews99
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: United States
FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 376 reviews and sells for $10.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 376 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $10; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.55 and $13.96.
Can new books break into United States?
1% 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.