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Aesthetics (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Philosophy, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Aesthetics (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Philosophy, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $32.01, median 10 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $21.54 – $42.45 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Philosophy (351), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $32.01 its median price beats 90% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 83% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 10 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Aesthetics best sellers
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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
by Roger Scruton
- List rank#1
- Price$12.11
- Rating4.5
- Reviews721
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Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes, With Other Popular Moralists
by Diogenes the Cynic
- List rank#2
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews485
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Games (Thinking Art)
by Nguyen
- List rank#4
- Price$24.97
- Rating4.5
- Reviews133
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Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
- List rank#5
- Price$24.50
- Rating4.6
- Reviews72
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Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition: A Psychology of the Creative Eye
by Rudolf Arnheim
- List rank#6
- Price$32.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews163
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The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays
by Hans-Georg Gadamer
- List rank#7
- Price$23.98
- Rating4.8
- Reviews30
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THE NECESSITY OF THEATER: The Art of Watching and Being Watched
by Paul WOODRUFF
- List rank#8
- Price$28.34
- Rating4.2
- Reviews24
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The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art
by Anjan Chatterjee
- List rank#9
- Price$27.71
- Rating4.4
- Reviews142
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The Philosophy of Horror
by Noel Carroll
- List rank#10
- Price$48.01
- Rating4.5
- Reviews68
FAQ
Is Aesthetics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 10 reviews and sells for $32.01.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Aesthetics?
The median best seller has 10 reviews, and 86% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Aesthetics best sellers cost?
The median price is $32.01; half of the best sellers are priced between $21.54 and $42.45.
Can new books break into Aesthetics?
5% 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.