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Addiction & Recovery (Health, Fitness & Dieting, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Addiction & Recovery (Health, Fitness & Dieting, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,731 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).

20Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
1,731Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.99 – $11.99
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)4%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,731 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its median reviews are 48% of the parent category Health, Fitness & Dieting (3,632), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Addiction & Recovery best sellers

  1. A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton Series Book 1) book cover by Paige Dearth

    A Little Pinprick (Rainey Paxton Series Book 1)

    by Paige Dearth

    • List rank#1
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews7,420

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  2. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised book cover by Melody Beattie

    Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)

    by Melody Beattie

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.46
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews19,295

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  3. A Little High (Rainey Paxton Series Book 2) book cover by Paige Dearth

    A Little High (Rainey Paxton Series Book 2)

    by Paige Dearth

    • List rank#3
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,972

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  4. Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition: The official "Big Book" from Alcoholic Anonymous book cover by Alcoholics Anonymous World Service Inc.

    Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition: The official "Big Book" from Alcoholic Anonymous

    by Alcoholics Anonymous World Service Inc.

    • List rank#4
    • Price$11.59
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews10,493

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  5. This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life book cover by Annie Grace

    This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life

    by Annie Grace

    • List rank#5
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews17,243

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  6. Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff book cover by Dana K. White

    Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

    by Dana K. White

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews6,022

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  7. Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obs book cover by Sally M. Winston PsyD

    Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts

    by Sally M. Winston PsyD

    • List rank#7
    • Price$10.59
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,938

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  8. Never Like My Father: Childhood Trauma, Family Addiction, and One Sacred Promise (The Daug book cover by Howard Kane

    Never Like My Father: Childhood Trauma, Family Addiction, and One Sacred Promise (The Daughter of a Drunk Book 1)

    by Howard Kane

    • List rank#8
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews398

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  9. Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic – A Modern-Day Memoir from the Trailer Parks of book cover by Bunnie Xo

    Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic – A Modern-Day Memoir from the Trailer Parks of Vegas to Nashville and Podcast Stardom

    by Bunnie Xo

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews10,138

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  10. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions book cover by Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

    Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

    by Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous World Services

    • List rank#10
    • Price$10.79
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews11,308

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Addiction & Recovery

FAQ

Is Addiction & Recovery a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,731 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Addiction & Recovery?

The median best seller has 1,731 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Addiction & Recovery best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $11.99.

Can new books break into Addiction & Recovery?

4% 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.