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AIDS & HIV (Diseases, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for AIDS & HIV (Diseases, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $22, median 10 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.86 – $32.98 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Diseases (1,499), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- 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 AIDS & HIV best sellers
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
by Randy Shilts
- List rank#1
- Price$24.12
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,223
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Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
- List rank#2
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews441
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
- List rank#3
- Price$9.86
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,657
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Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple: Spiral Bound Color Edition
by Mark T. Gladwin M.D.
- List rank#4
- Price$54.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews556
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When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
by Cleve Jones
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews696
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Plague Years: A Doctor's Journey through the AIDS Crisis
by Ross A. Slotten
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews247
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Amoxicilina: La Excelente Guía para Tratar Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual como Gonorrea, Sífilis; Úlceras, Piel, Infecciones de Oído, etc, a ... de Efectos Secundarios (Spanish Edition)
by Dr. Lovel Martins
- List rank#7
- Price$10.68
- Rating3.9
- Reviews124
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
by Susan Sontag
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews444
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The Impatient Dr. Lange: One Man's Fight to End the Global HIV Epidemic
by Seema Yasmin
- List rank#9
- Price$15.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews15
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Inventing the AIDS Virus
by Peter H. Duesberg
- List rank#10
- Price$19.84
- Rating4.7
- Reviews135
FAQ
Is AIDS & HIV a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 10 reviews and sells for $22.
How many reviews do you need to rank in AIDS & HIV?
The median best seller has 10 reviews, and 82% of them have fewer than 100.
What do AIDS & HIV best sellers cost?
The median price is $22; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.86 and $32.98.
Can new books break into AIDS & HIV?
1% 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.