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Doctors & Medicine: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Doctors & Medicine, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.82, median 568 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Humor (2,483), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.82 its median price is below 87% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Books categories: the median best seller has 568 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Doctors & Medicine best sellers
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This Wasn't The Plan (Apparently It's Love)
by Laura Ashley Gallagher
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,271
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The Devil Wears Scrubs: A Short Comedic Novel (Dr. Jane McGill Book 1)
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews35,020
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Baby City
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews20,458
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The Devil You Know (Dr. Jane McGill Book 2)
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews27,356
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Last Patient of the Night: An AJ Docker Thriller (An AJ Docker and Banshee Thriller)
- List rank#5
- Price$13.40
- Rating4.4
- Reviews32,928
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Surgery Recovery Activity Book for Women: A Funny Get Well Soon Gift with Word Search, Crossword, Sudoku, Mazes, Trivia, Riddles, Cryptograms, Coloring Pages, and Solutions Included
by Golden Tree Publishing
- List rank#6
- Price$17.56
- Rating4.8
- Reviews150
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine: 101 Feel Good Stories
by Amy Newmark
- List rank#8
- Price$9.12
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,463
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Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
by Lydia Kang
- List rank#9
- Price$13.52
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,866
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Reader's Digest Laughter is the Best Medicine: All Time Favorites: The funniest jokes, stories, and cartoons from 100 years of Reader's Digest (Laughter Medicine)
by Reader's Digest
- List rank#10
- Price$9.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews641
FAQ
Is Doctors & Medicine a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 568 reviews and sells for $10.82.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Doctors & Medicine?
The median best seller has 568 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Doctors & Medicine best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.82; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Doctors & Medicine?
11% 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.