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AIDS & HIV (Diseases, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for AIDS & HIV (Diseases, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 17 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Diseases (368), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 75% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 17 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 AIDS & HIV best sellers
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
- List rank#1
- Price$9.86
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,657
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When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
by Cleve Jones
- List rank#2
- 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#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews247
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition
by Randy Shilts
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,223
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To End a Plague: America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa
by Emily Bass
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21
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Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
by MK Czerwiec
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews70
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
by Susan Sontag
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews444
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The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination
by Sarah Schulman
- List rank#8
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews199
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The Origins of AIDS
by Jacques Pepin
- List rank#9
- Price$24.59
- Rating4.5
- Reviews156
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Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews441
FAQ
Is AIDS & HIV a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 17 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in AIDS & HIV?
The median best seller has 17 reviews, and 87% of them have fewer than 100.
What do AIDS & HIV best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $14.99.
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.