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Development & Growth (Economics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Development & Growth (Economics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 95 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $13.88 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Economics (924), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $13.88, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Development & Growth best sellers
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- List rank#1
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,977
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Labor Zero: AI, Automation, and the Last Employed Generation
by David Shapiro
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Reviews-
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La psicología del dinero: Cómo piensan los ricos: 18 claves imperecederas sobre riqueza y felicidad (No Ficción) (Spanish Edition)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,101
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The Last Economy: A Guide to the Age of Intelligent Economics
by Emad Mostaque
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews384
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Book 70)
by Robert J. Gordon
- List rank#5
- Price$14.91
- Rating4.4
- Reviews880
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,466
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The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
by James Dale Davidson
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,070
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The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty
- List rank#8
- Price$21.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews492
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The Great Global Transformation: The United States, China, and the Remaking of the World Economic Order
by Branko Milanovic
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews49
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty
- List rank#10
- Price$11.59
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,782
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FAQ
Is Development & Growth a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 95 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Development & Growth?
The median best seller has 95 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Development & Growth best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.88.
Can new books break into Development & Growth?
10% 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.