Drama & Plays — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Literature & Fiction best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 6.0/100.
Category metrics
Score
6.0
Median reviews
1,258
Weak share (top 20)
10%
Median price
$2.99
Median star rating
4.5
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Drama & Plays is heavily defended: incumbents are deep-reviewed and the top 20 rarely cracks. New releases can still chart with ads or a launch push, but expect to climb over established authors rather than around them. Ease-of-entry score 6.0/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Venom & Vanity (Sinners Island Book 2) | 4.8 | 9 | $3.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| gatsby the original 1925 | 2 | 87 |
| great gatsby the original | 2 | 87 |
| scared part | 3 | 82 |
| complete works | 3 | 78 |
| enter if you dare | 3 | 76 |
| if you dare part | 3 | 76 |
| part one | 2 | 68 |
| war and peace | 2 | 62 |
| masked men of fear | 2 | 60 |
| men of fear island | 2 | 60 |
| william shakespeare | 2 | 47 |
| part three | 2 | 46 |
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More Literature & Fiction categories
14 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 81.0 | 13 |
| █████ | 79.5 | 7.5 |
| █████ | 63.0 | 55.5 |
| █████ | 62.5 | 62.5 |
| █████ | 62.5 | 77 |
| █████ | 55.0 | 66 |
| █████ | 54.0 | 105 |
| █████ | 49.0 | 153.5 |
| █████ | 41.0 | 281.5 |
| █████ | 37.0 | 784 |
| █████ | 37.0 | 690.5 |
| █████ | 33.5 | 520.5 |
| █████ | 13.5 | 131 |
| █████ | 8.5 | 210 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.