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United States (Regional & Cultural, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for United States (Regional & Cultural, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.30, median 460 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $16.77 |
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| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 37% of the parent category Regional & Cultural (1,239), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 75% of Books categories: the median best seller has 460 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
by Zachary Auburn
- List rank#2
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.7
- Reviews12,853
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
- List rank#3
- Price$16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews253
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Memoir of Nature, Observation, and the Seasons in Virginia
- List rank#4
- Price$10.75
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,530
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The Art and Craft of Stephen King: The Story Behind Every Novel, Novella, and Short Story
by Guy Astic
- List rank#5
- Price$46.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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Cormac McCarthy: A Legacy Revisited
by Tracy Daugherty
- List rank#6
- Price$27.45
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Edition (A F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- List rank#8
- Price$6.89
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,149
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A Room of One's Own
- List rank#9
- Price$8.55
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,259
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The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
- List rank#10
- Price$16.73
- Rating4.7
- Reviews668
Subcategories
FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 460 reviews and sells for $12.30.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 460 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.30; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $16.77.
Can new books break into United States?
5% 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.