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Cognitive: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Cognitive, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.47, median 859 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.04 – $20.42 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 25% of the parent category Psychology (3,386), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 83% of Books categories: the median best seller has 859 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Cognitive best sellers
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
- List rank#1
- Price$21.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews48,832
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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
- List rank#2
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews45,402
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Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best
- List rank#3
- Price$15.64
- Rating4.6
- Reviews190
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The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
by Russ Harris
- List rank#4
- Price$21.34
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,158
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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,074
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
by Annie Duke
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews5,415
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
by Iain McGilchrist
- List rank#8
- Price$25.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,355
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz
- List rank#9
- Price$8.45
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,319
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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
by Philip Tetlock
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,662
FAQ
Is Cognitive a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 859 reviews and sells for $16.47.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Cognitive?
The median best seller has 859 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Cognitive best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.47; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.04 and $20.42.
Can new books break into Cognitive?
6% 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.