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Educators (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Educators (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 162 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Professionals & Academics (1,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Educators best sellers
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The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,445
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition
by Mitch Albom
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews50,262
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Tis: A Memoir (The Frank McCourt Memoirs)
by Frank McCourt
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,139
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Homeschooled: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Memoir – A Top 10 Amazon Book of the Month Coming of Age Story About Homeschooling
by Stefan Merrill Block
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews3,843
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This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor – A Brutally Honest Medical Memoir Packed with Dark Humor
by Adam Kay
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews107,872
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Poor: The Award-Winning Memoir of Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief
by Katriona O'Sullivan
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews15,515
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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
by Jonathan Franklin
- List rank#7
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,257
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
by Maxwell King
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,412
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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II — A WWII Spy History
by Elyse Graham
- List rank#9
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews368
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One Child: The True Story of a Tormented Six-Year-Old and the Brilliant Teacher Who Reached Out
by Torey L. Hayden
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,257
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FAQ
Is Educators a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 162 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Educators?
The median best seller has 162 reviews, and 44% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Educators best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Educators?
10% 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.