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Drugs & Alcohol Abuse (Social & Family Issues, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Drugs & Alcohol Abuse (Social & Family Issues, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.96, median 250 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.75 – $15.51 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Social & Family Issues (12,280), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.96 its median price is below 87% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Drugs & Alcohol Abuse best sellers
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
- List rank#1
- Price$8.73
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,038
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Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
- List rank#4
- Price$7.57
- Rating4.2
- Reviews11,550
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Go Ask Alice
by uncredited
- List rank#5
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,605
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Crank
- List rank#6
- Price$12.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,253
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Kathleen Glasgow 4-Book Boxed Set: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You'd Be Home Now; The Glass Girl
by Kathleen Glasgow
- List rank#7
- Price$26.71
- Rating4.9
- Reviews258
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Go Ask Alice: 50th Anniversary Edition (Anonymous Diaries)
by Anonymous
- List rank#8
- Price$11.17
- Rating4.8
- Reviews327
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The Glass Girl
by Kathleen Glasgow
- List rank#9
- Price$10.94
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,661
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All My Rage: A Novel
by Sabaa Tahir
- List rank#10
- Price$21.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,941
FAQ
Is Drugs & Alcohol Abuse a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 250 reviews and sells for $10.96.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Drugs & Alcohol Abuse?
The median best seller has 250 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Drugs & Alcohol Abuse best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.96; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.75 and $15.51.
Can new books break into Drugs & Alcohol Abuse?
5% 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.