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Women (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Women (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.38, median 3,522 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).

25Opportunity / 100
$11.38Median price
3,522Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)11%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 96% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 3,522 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 2.1× those of the parent category Biographies & Memoirs, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
  • At $11.38 its median price beats 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.

Top 10 Women best sellers

  1. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party book cover by Daniel James Brown

    The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

    by Daniel James Brown

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews8,442

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  2. Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria book cover by Loubna Mrie

    Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria

    by Loubna Mrie

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews170

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  3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage book cover by Belle Burden

    Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

    by Belle Burden

    • List rank#3
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews68,626

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  4. Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America book cover by Mayukh Sen

    Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America

    by Mayukh Sen

    • List rank#4
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews120

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  5. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race book cover by Walter Isaacson

    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

    by Walter Isaacson

    • List rank#5
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews13,966

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  6. I've Got a New Complaint: Essays on Aging Disgracefully and Other Small Disasters book cover by Laurie Notaro

    I've Got a New Complaint: Essays on Aging Disgracefully and Other Small Disasters

    by Laurie Notaro

    • List rank#6
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews3,085

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  7. Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England book cover by Kate Hubbard

    Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England

    by Kate Hubbard

    • List rank#7
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews80

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  8. The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany book cover by Gwen Strauss

    The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

    by Gwen Strauss

    • List rank#8
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews5,210

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  9. And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress book cover by Sophia Bush

    And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress

    by Sophia Bush

    • List rank#9
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews22

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  10. Bread of Angels: A Memoir book cover by Patti Smith

    Bread of Angels: A Memoir

    by Patti Smith

    • List rank#10
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,014

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FAQ

Is Women a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,522 reviews and sells for $11.38.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Women?

The median best seller has 3,522 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Women best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.38; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Women?

11% 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.