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AIDS (Diseases & Physical Ailments, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for AIDS (Diseases & Physical Ailments, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $15.59, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.38 – $24.02 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Diseases & Physical Ailments (2,378), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 AIDS best sellers
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The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews27,349
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
by Randy Shilts
- List rank#2
- Price$24.12
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,223
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
- List rank#3
- Price$10.38
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,657
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Lifeline: The Story of PEPFAR, the Greatest Humanitarian Initiative of Our Time
by John Donnelly
- List rank#4
- Price$28.65
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
- List rank#5
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews441
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Mercury and Me
by Jim Hutton
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,063
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All the Young Men: A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South
by Ruth Coker Burks
- List rank#7
- Price$19.08
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,557
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Plague of Corruption: Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science
by Dr. Judy Mikovits
- List rank#8
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews8,851
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
by Susan Sontag
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews444
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Inventing the AIDS Virus
by Peter H. Duesberg
- List rank#10
- Price$19.84
- Rating4.7
- Reviews135
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: AIDS
FAQ
Is AIDS a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $15.59.
How many reviews do you need to rank in AIDS?
The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do AIDS best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.59; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.38 and $24.02.
Can new books break into AIDS?
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.