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Essays & Commentary (Science & Math, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Essays & Commentary (Science & Math, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.59, median 224 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 22% of the parent category Science & Math (1,038), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Essays & Commentary best sellers
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,017
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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,993
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Scientific American September 2026
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13
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Scientific American October 2026
- List rank#5
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7
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A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews282
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Scientific American June 2026
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews42
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth – A Popular Science and Natural History Study of Botany
by Zoë Schlanger
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,870
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — A Full-Color Look at the Future of Humankind
- List rank#9
- Price$15.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews38,184
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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,286
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FAQ
Is Essays & Commentary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 224 reviews and sells for $8.59.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays & Commentary?
The median best seller has 224 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays & Commentary best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.59; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Essays & Commentary?
7% 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.