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Drugs & Substance Abuse: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Drugs & Substance Abuse, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.95, median 49 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Difficult Discussions (2,684), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $11.95 its median price is below 83% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Drugs & Substance Abuse best sellers
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Go Ask Alice
by uncredited
- List rank#1
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,605
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Go Ask Alice: 50th Anniversary Edition (Anonymous Diaries)
by Anonymous
- List rank#3
- Price$11.17
- Rating4.8
- Reviews327
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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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Family of Liars: Deluxe Edition (We Were Liars)
by E. Lockhart
- List rank#5
- Price$8.80
- Rating4.8
- Reviews213
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Shouting at the Rain
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- List rank#6
- Price$6.79
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,369
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Tears of a Tiger (Hazelwood High Trilogy)
- List rank#7
- Price$8.31
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,578
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Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- List rank#8
- Price$11.96
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,542
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Gym Candy: A Gripping YA Novel About a Young Football Player's Dangerous Journey with Steroids and Ambition
by Carl Deuker
- List rank#9
- Price$9.44
- Rating4.6
- Reviews433
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High: Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
by David Sheff
- List rank#10
- Price$7.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews222
FAQ
Is Drugs & Substance Abuse a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 49 reviews and sells for $11.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Drugs & Substance Abuse?
The median best seller has 49 reviews, and 61% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Drugs & Substance Abuse best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Drugs & Substance Abuse?
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.