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Westerns (Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Westerns (Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.99, median 7 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.95 – $21.39 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 80 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Genres (200), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $14.99 its median price beats 98% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 7 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Westerns best sellers
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The Film Appreciation Book: The Film Course You Always Wanted to Take
by Jim Piper
- List rank#1
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews67
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Clint: The Man and the Movies —A Comprehensive Biography of Hollywood's Most Iconic Actor-Director
by Shawn Levy
- List rank#2
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews252
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Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America (Mythology of the American West Book 3)
by Richard Slotkin
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews65
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Battle Mountain: the New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett novel from C.J. Box
by C.J. Box
- List rank#4
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18,393
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The Gunslingers of '69: Western Movies' Greatest Year
by Brian Hannan
- List rank#5
- Price$21.39
- Rating4.0
- Reviews10
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The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film
by W. K. Stratton
- List rank#6
- Price$17.10
- Rating4.6
- Reviews452
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Blazing Saddles (Reel West Series)
by C. Joseph Greaves
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove (Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University)
by John Spong
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews189
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Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard—A Biography of the Master of American Crime Writing
by C. M. Kushins
- List rank#9
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews66
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The Greatest Westerns Ever Made and the People Who Made Them
by Henry C. Parke
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews35
FAQ
Is Westerns a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Westerns?
The median best seller has 7 reviews, and 90% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Westerns best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.95 and $21.39.
Can new books break into Westerns?
9% 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.