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Economics (International, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Economics (International, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.00, median 544 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.19 – $20.40 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Books categories: the median best seller has 544 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Economics best sellers
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Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Zayed's secret plot to remake the Middle East
by Matthew Cole
- List rank#1
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.2
- Reviews33
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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
by Karen Hao
- List rank#2
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,493
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
by Ray Dalio
- List rank#3
- Price$12.88
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,038
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Chip War: The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
- List rank#4
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,041
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Market Wizards: The Next Generation: The World’s Top Young Traders Reveal How They Beat the Market
- List rank#6
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews358
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Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
by Patrick McGee
- List rank#7
- Price$14.02
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,857
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The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2)
by F. A. Hayek
- List rank#8
- Price$10.31
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,115
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The Communist Manifesto (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint Classics)
by Karl Marx
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews274
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Sea Change: America's New Great Game in the Arctic Circle
by Rana Foroohar
- List rank#10
- Price$31
- Rating4.5
- Reviews18
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Economics
FAQ
Is Economics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 544 reviews and sells for $16.00.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Economics?
The median best seller has 544 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Economics best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.00; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.19 and $20.40.
Can new books break into Economics?
9% 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.