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Colon & Rectal (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Surgery, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Colon & Rectal (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Surgery, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $136, median 2 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $96.70 – $203 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Surgery (32), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 96% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 2 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $136 its median price beats 99% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Colon & Rectal best sellers
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Suture like a Surgeon: A Doctor’s Guide to Surgical Knots and Suturing Techniques used in the Departments of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Family Medicine
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,090
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Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease - 2 Volume Set: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management
by Raymond T. Chung MD FAASLD AASLD
- List rank#2
- Price$274
- Rating4.2
- Reviews12
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Operative Techniques in Surgery: Print + eBook with Multimedia
by Mary T. Hawn
- List rank#3
- Price$325
- Rating4.8
- Reviews20
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Schein’s Common Sense Wound Care Management
by Moshe Schein
- List rank#4
- Price$31.96
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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SCHWARTZ'S PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY 2-volume set 11th edition
by F. Charles Brunicardi
- List rank#5
- Price$182
- Rating4.7
- Reviews127
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Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Textbook: Clinical Diagnosis, Advanced Bedside Reasoning, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & ... and a 300-Question Practice Simulator
by Gabrielle C. Granholm FCCP
- List rank#6
- Price$226
- Rating4.9
- Reviews10
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Trauma, Ninth Edition
by David V. Feliciano
- List rank#7
- Price$223
- Rating4.9
- Reviews68
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Clinical Rapid Reference Emergency Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery: Classification Systems, Imaging Criteria, and Surgical Algorithms for Orthopedic Trauma from the ED to the OR
by Tomasa Emmerich
- List rank#8
- Price$245
- Reviews-
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Advanced Surgical Talks FRCS Examination Book 7 – Colorectal Surgery: Mastering Techniques for Success in Colorectal Surgical Practice, FRCS General ... in FRCS: Mastering Techniques for Success)
by Dr K. H. JAWAD
- List rank#9
- Price$33.99
- Reviews-
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Fischer's Mastery of Surgery: Print + eBook with Multimedia
by E. Christopher Ellison
- List rank#10
- Price$333
- Rating2.9
- Reviews17
FAQ
Is Colon & Rectal a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2 reviews and sells for $136.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Colon & Rectal?
The median best seller has 2 reviews, and 97% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Colon & Rectal best sellers cost?
The median price is $136; half of the best sellers are priced between $96.70 and $203.
Can new books break into Colon & Rectal?
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.