KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Ethics (Philosophy, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Ethics (Philosophy, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $24.97, median 82 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $16.33 – $36.89 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Philosophy (351), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $24.97 its median price beats 84% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Ethics best sellers
-
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
by William B. Irvine
- List rank#1
- Price$15.87
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,564
-
-
On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#3
- Price$11.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews519
-
Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
- List rank#4
- Price$39.52
- Rating4.7
- Reviews327
-
The Prince (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$6.46
- Rating4.6
- Reviews479
-
-
The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics)
by Aristotle
- List rank#7
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.6
- Reviews936
-
Leviathan: With selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668 (Hackett Classics)
by Thomas Hobbes
- List rank#8
- Price$18
- Rating4.6
- Reviews332
-
Diogenes the Cynic: Sayings and Anecdotes, With Other Popular Moralists
by Diogenes the Cynic
- List rank#9
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews485
-
On Law, Morality and Politics, 2nd Edition
- List rank#10
- Price$20
- Rating4.5
- Reviews180
FAQ
Is Ethics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 82 reviews and sells for $24.97.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ethics?
The median best seller has 82 reviews, and 55% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ethics best sellers cost?
The median price is $24.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $16.33 and $36.89.
Can new books break into Ethics?
1% 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.