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Counseling (Psychology & Counseling, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Counseling (Psychology & Counseling, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $15.04, median 1,102 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.48 – $19.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Psychology & Counseling (10,848), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,102 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 22, 10 points lower than here.
Top 10 Counseling best sellers
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
- List rank#1
- Price$10.21
- Rating4.8
- Reviews28,580
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
- List rank#3
- Price$12.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,798
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Kader's Quest
by Nadir Balan
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews14
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn
- List rank#5
- Price$14.15
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,048
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Los cuatro acuerdos: una guia practica para la libertad personal
- List rank#6
- Price$8.98
- Rating4.8
- Reviews17,903
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Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection
by Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD
- List rank#7
- Price$17.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,434
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Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
- List rank#8
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews8,808
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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- List rank#9
- Price$14.22
- Rating4.6
- Reviews51,836
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Encyclopedia of Counseling: Master Review and Tutorial for the National Counselor Examination, State Counseling Exams, and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination
by Howard Rosenthal
- List rank#10
- Price$42.26
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,678
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Counseling
FAQ
Is Counseling a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,102 reviews and sells for $15.04.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Counseling?
The median best seller has 1,102 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Counseling best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.04; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $19.99.
Can new books break into Counseling?
8% 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.