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Adoption (Parenting & Relationships, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Adoption (Parenting & Relationships, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.24, median 159 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.67 – $18.59 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Parenting & Relationships (5,845), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 21, 11 points lower than here.
Top 10 Adoption best sellers
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My Husband's Child: A BRAND NEW captivating story of the power of a mother's love from BESTSELLER Lisa Timoney for 2026
by Lisa Timoney
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews455
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No One to Miss Me: The brand new, long-awaited book from THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Cathy Glass
by Cathy Glass
- List rank#2
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews452
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Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work
by Robyn Gobbel
- List rank#3
- Price$18.59
- Rating4.8
- Reviews547
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Today I was a Terrible Mom: Owning and Apology Book from Mom to Child
by Rebecca Foret
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
by Barbara Demick
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,508
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The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
by Karyn B. Purvis
- List rank#6
- Price$14.21
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,968
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Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family — A Memoir About a Little Girl and an Earthquake
by Mitch Albom
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,938
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Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
by Judy Christie
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,750
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The Primal Wound
by Nancy Newton Verrier
- List rank#9
- Price$9.15
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,784
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell: The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret
by Cathy Glass
- List rank#10
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,528
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Adoption
FAQ
Is Adoption a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 159 reviews and sells for $13.24.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Adoption?
The median best seller has 159 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Adoption best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.24; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.67 and $18.59.
Can new books break into Adoption?
13% 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.