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Emotions (Self-Help, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Emotions (Self-Help, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.48, median 3,780 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 96% of Books categories: the median best seller has 3,780 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 31% of the parent category Self-Help (12,077), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Emotions best sellers
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Stop Letting Everything Affect You: How to Break Free from Overthinking, Emotional Chaos, and Self-Sabotage
by Daniel Chidiac
- List rank#1
- Price$14.01
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,390
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Making Peace with What I Can’t Control: Find Relief from the Exhaustion of Overthinking, Trying to Fix Others, and Wanting to Figure It All Out
- List rank#2
- Price$19.98
- Rating4.8
- Reviews206
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Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews28,818
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The Untriggered Woman: How to Calm Your Nervous System, Stop Spiraling, Let Go of Control, and Feel Like Yourself Again
by Andrei Nedelcu
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews57
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Let Them Miss You: The Power of Pulling Back, Standing Firm, and Becoming Unavailable to What Doesn’t Serve You
by Logan West
- List rank#5
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews204
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
- List rank#6
- Price$12.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,798
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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance
by Matthew McKay PhD
- List rank#7
- Price$16.33
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,848
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What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
- List rank#8
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews18,169
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Too Sensitive: Rejection, Resilience, and the Science of Feeling Deeply
by Sasha Hamdani MD
- List rank#9
- Price$18.74
- Rating4.5
- Reviews151
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How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 (The How To Talk Series)
by Joanna Faber
- List rank#10
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,398
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FAQ
Is Emotions a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,780 reviews and sells for $12.48.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Emotions?
The median best seller has 3,780 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Emotions best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.48; half of the best sellers are priced between $10 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Emotions?
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.