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Ethics & Morality (Philosophy, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Ethics & Morality (Philosophy, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.99, median 1,680 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).

24Opportunity / 100
$12.99Median price
1,680Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$10.52 – $16.43
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)3%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,680 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its median reviews are 40% of the parent category Philosophy (4,240), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Ethics & Morality best sellers

  1. 48 Laws of Power book cover by Robert Greene

    48 Laws of Power

    by Robert Greene

    • List rank#1
    • Price$24.69
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews90,618

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  2. Meditations book cover by Marcus Aurelius

    Meditations

    by Marcus Aurelius

    • List rank#2
    • Price$8.18
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews28,799

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  3. Meditations (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) book cover by Aurelius Marcus

    Meditations (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

    by Aurelius Marcus

    • List rank#3
    • Price$13.97
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews4,998

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  4. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos book cover by Jordan B. Peterson

    12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    by Jordan B. Peterson

    • List rank#4
    • Price$25.19
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews85,759

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  5. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen book cover by David Brooks

    How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

    by David Brooks

    • List rank#5
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews5,902

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  6. How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question book cover by Michael Schur

    How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

    by Michael Schur

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,499

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  7. The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) book cover by Albert Camus

    The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)

    by Albert Camus

    • List rank#7
    • Price$9.19
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews3,934

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  8. Meditations: A New Translation book cover by Marcus Aurelius

    Meditations: A New Translation

    by Marcus Aurelius

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.18
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews2,219

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  9. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm book cover by Charlie Mackesy

    Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm

    by Charlie Mackesy

    • List rank#9
    • Price$14.32
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews3,053

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  10. Beyond Good and Evil (Penguin Classics) book cover by Friedrich Nietzsche

    Beyond Good and Evil (Penguin Classics)

    by Friedrich Nietzsche

    • List rank#10
    • Price$12.12
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,553

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FAQ

Is Ethics & Morality a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,680 reviews and sells for $12.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Ethics & Morality?

The median best seller has 1,680 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Ethics & Morality best sellers cost?

The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.52 and $16.43.

Can new books break into Ethics & Morality?

3% 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.