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Aesthetics (Politics & Social Sciences › Philosophy, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Aesthetics (Politics & Social Sciences › Philosophy, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.31, median 173 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.99 – $22.96 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Philosophy (4,240), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Aesthetics best sellers
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
by Matthew B. Crawford
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,814
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The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs (COLLECTIBLE)
- List rank#2
- Price$15
- Rating4.6
- Reviews620
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Meditations
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews82
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Beyond Good and Evil
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,635
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In Praise of Shadows
by Junichiro Tanizaki
- List rank#5
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,043
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
by Wassily Kandinsky
- List rank#6
- Price$5.47
- Rating4.5
- Reviews774
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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
by Roger Scruton
- List rank#7
- Price$12.11
- Rating4.5
- Reviews721
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In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays
by Junichiro Tanizaki
- List rank#9
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15
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The Joyous Science (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#10
- Price$14.91
- Rating4.7
- Reviews268
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FAQ
Is Aesthetics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 173 reviews and sells for $14.31.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Aesthetics?
The median best seller has 173 reviews, and 32% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Aesthetics best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.31; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.99 and $22.96.
Can new books break into Aesthetics?
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.