Survival — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Biographies & Memoirs best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 38.5/100.
Category metrics
Score
38.5
Median reviews
2,709.5
Weak share (top 20)
15%
Median price
$9.49
Median star rating
4.6
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Survival is between the extremes: 15% of the top 20 is under 100 reviews against a median of 2709.5, so entry depends on the specific sub-genre and your launch strength. Read the breakout books below before judging. Ease-of-entry score 38.5/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | My Beauty from Ashes: Enduring the Fire, Becoming the Light | 5.0 | 20 | $0.99 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| don call me jupiter | 4 | 175 |
| reluctant hippie kid | 4 | 175 |
| memoir of reluctant hippie | 3 | 137 |
| true story of love | 2 | 94 |
| world war | 3 | 91 |
| world war ii | 2 | 60 |
| one man | 2 | 47 |
| true crime | 3 | 32 |
| true crime memoir | 2 | 29 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.