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Essays (Special Topics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Essays (Special Topics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $36.90, median 3 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $24.34 – $53.56 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Special Topics (32), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 3 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health in Practice: A Case-Based Guide
by Katie Lockwood MD MEd FAAP
- List rank#1
- Price$61.70
- Reviews-
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Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
- List rank#2
- Price$14.80
- Rating4.6
- Reviews926
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Principles of Scientific Writing and Biomedical Publication: A JAMA Editors Guide for Authors
by Phil B. Fontanarosa
- List rank#3
- Price$53.45
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2
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The Metaphysics of The Healing (Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series)
by Avicenna
- List rank#4
- Price$65.45
- Rating4.9
- Reviews29
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No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine
by Rachel Pearson MD
- List rank#5
- Price$16.61
- Rating4.5
- Reviews255
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Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O
by Christopher Wanjek
- List rank#6
- Price$19.57
- Rating4.1
- Reviews32
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Practicing in the Age of AI: Essays on Medicine, Meaning, and Machines
by Arthur Lazarus
- List rank#7
- Price$48
- Reviews-
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Ideology and Insanity: Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man
by Thomas Szasz
- List rank#8
- Price$15.66
- Rating4.5
- Reviews29
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The Real Life of a Surgeon: Candid Stories Along the Path from Student to Veteran Doctor (Kaplan Voices: Doctors Series)
by Arthur W. Perry MD
- List rank#9
- Price$11.26
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4
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PHLEBOTOMY BEYOND THE TEXTBOOK
by SHAWN O
- List rank#10
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1
FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3 reviews and sells for $36.90.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 3 reviews, and 96% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $36.90; half of the best sellers are priced between $24.34 and $53.56.
Can new books break into Essays?
2% 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.