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Banks & Banking (Economics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Banks & Banking (Economics, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.39, median 281 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.91 – $24.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 98 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Economics (2,858), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Banks & Banking best sellers
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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
- List rank#1
- Price$20.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,949
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
- List rank#2
- Price$23.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,835
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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
- List rank#3
- Price$24.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,578
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The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
by G. Edward Griffin
- List rank#4
- Price$24.82
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,419
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
- List rank#5
- Price$20.56
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,227
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
- List rank#6
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,149
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The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
by G. Edward Griffin
- List rank#7
- Price$22.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,874
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
by Roger Lowenstein
- List rank#8
- Price$12.88
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,134
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The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
by Christopher Leonard
- List rank#9
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,969
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
by Bradley Hope
- List rank#10
- Price$26.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,155
FAQ
Is Banks & Banking a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 281 reviews and sells for $16.39.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Banks & Banking?
The median best seller has 281 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Banks & Banking best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.39; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.91 and $24.50.
Can new books break into Banks & Banking?
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.