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Drug Use: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Drug Use, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 37 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $8.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Difficult Discussions (1,372), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $8.95, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Drug Use best sellers
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The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
by Gennifer Choldenko
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews247
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Jay's Journal (Anonymous Diaries)
by Anonymous
- List rank#3
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews697
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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
by Karen Blumenthal
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews133
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High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
by David Sheff
- List rank#5
- Price$7.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews222
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The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,092
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We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) (Sesame Street Friends)
by Bobbi Kates
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews11,945
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Breaking into Sunlight
by John Cochran
- List rank#8
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews41
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Tweaking the Dream: A Crystal Meth True Story
by CLEA MYERS
- List rank#9
- Price$3.27
- Rating3.9
- Reviews281
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Buzz to Buzzkill: How Alcohol and Dopamine Hack Your Brain
by Annie Grace
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews50
FAQ
Is Drug Use a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 37 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Drug Use?
The median best seller has 37 reviews, and 69% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Drug Use best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $8.95.
Can new books break into Drug Use?
3% 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.