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Development & Growth (Economics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Development & Growth (Economics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.12, median 562 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.48 – $20.86 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 20% of the parent category Economics (2,858), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Books categories: the median best seller has 562 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Development & Growth best sellers
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- List rank#1
- Price$10.92
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,977
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
by Robert J. Gordon
- List rank#2
- Price$24.78
- Rating4.4
- Reviews879
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The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
by James Dale Davidson
- List rank#3
- Price$12.73
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,070
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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim
- List rank#4
- Price$13.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,494
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The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2)
by F. A. Hayek
- List rank#5
- Price$10.31
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,115
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
by Dan Wang
- List rank#6
- Price$20.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,679
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty
- List rank#7
- Price$12.20
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,782
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La psicología del dinero - Español (Latinoamérica): Cómo piensan los ricos: 18 claves imperecederas sobre riqueza y felicidad
- List rank#8
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,101
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,466
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The Last Economy: A Guide to the Age of Intelligent Economics
by Emad Mostaque
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews384
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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 562 reviews and sells for $15.12.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Development & Growth?
The median best seller has 562 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Development & Growth best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.12; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $20.86.
Can new books break into Development & Growth?
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.