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United States (Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for United States (Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.90, median 27,817 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.45 – $13.42 |
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| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Books categories: the median best seller has 27,817 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 18% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 87% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (73,006), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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The Calamity Club: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$27.63
- Rating4.7
- Reviews100,505
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People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruthless Assassin (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Book 4)
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,057
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The Last Letter
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews231,013
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Kin: Oprah's Book Club: A Novel
by Tayari Jones
- List rank#6
- Price$16.45
- Rating4.4
- Reviews18,493
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews308,604
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Winter Garden
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews126,942
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The Alice Network: A Novel – A New York Times Bestselling Historical Fiction of Female Spies, Courage, and Betrayal Across Two World Wars
by Kate Quinn
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews101,144
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: United States
FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 27,817 reviews and sells for $10.90.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 27,817 reviews, and 0% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.90; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.45 and $13.42.
Can new books break into United States?
18% 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.