# Choosing KDP categories

How many categories you get, how reading age limits them and how to choose.

KDP lets you pick up to 3 categories for each book. Categories decide which lists your book appears in.

## How to choose

1. Set the primary audience and marketplace first; they change which categories you see.
2. For children's books, set the reading age. It limits the Children's and Teen categories you can use.
3. Pick the most specific category that truly describes the book, not the biggest one.
4. Look at books like yours on Amazon and see which lists they appear in.

A precise category also helps the reader: a parent browsing bedtime stories wants to find bedtime stories there.

## Sources

- Source: [KDP · KDP Categories](https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200652170), checked 2026-11-07.
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