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Comparative (Economics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Comparative (Economics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.49, median 48 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $21.39 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Economics (924), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.49 its median price beats 89% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.99 to $21.39, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Comparative best sellers
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The Richest Man in Babylon
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,689
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty
- List rank#2
- Price$11.59
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,782
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How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
by Erik S Reinert
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews83
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Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth (LvMI)
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews110
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Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies from Croesus to Crypto
by Barry Eichengreen
- List rank#5
- Price$16.17
- Rating4.5
- Reviews48
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The Theory of Money and Credit
- List rank#6
- Price$9.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews522
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How Asia Works: Success and Failure In the World's Most Dynamic Region
by Joe Studwell
- List rank#7
- Price$11.30
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,017
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Capital and Ideology
by Thomas Piketty
- List rank#8
- Price$20.90
- Rating4.7
- Reviews981
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Marxism Unmasked (LvMI)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews435
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The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
by Keyu Jin
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews872
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FAQ
Is Comparative a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 48 reviews and sells for $10.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Comparative?
The median best seller has 48 reviews, and 63% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Comparative best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $21.39.
Can new books break into Comparative?
7% 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.