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Economics (Business & Money, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Economics (Business & Money, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 924 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).

29Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
924Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)14%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 924 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Economics best sellers

  1. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles book cover by Thomas Sowell

    A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

    by Thomas Sowell

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,910

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  2. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect book cover by Judea Pearl

    The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

    by Judea Pearl

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews2,485

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  3. What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures book cover by Malcolm Gladwell

    What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

    by Malcolm Gladwell

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews3,871

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  4. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity book cover by Daron Acemoglu

    Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

    by Daron Acemoglu

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews944

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  5. Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America book cover by Brendan Ballou

    Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America

    by Brendan Ballou

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews420

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  6. Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution book cover by Priya Satia

    Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution

    by Priya Satia

    • List rank#6
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews70

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  7. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy book cover by Gil Durán

    The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

    by Gil Durán

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews340

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  8. The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It book cover by Arindrajit Dube

    The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It

    by Arindrajit Dube

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews12

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  9. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy book cover by Stephanie Kelton

    The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

    by Stephanie Kelton

    • List rank#9
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews4,187

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  10. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation book cover by Andrew Ross Sorkin

    1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

    by Andrew Ross Sorkin

    • List rank#10
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews11,949

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Economics

FAQ

Is Economics a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 924 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Economics?

The median best seller has 924 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Economics best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Economics?

14% 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.