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Evolution (Science & Math, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Evolution (Science & Math, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 630 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
630Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.49 – $13.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)11%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 630 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.49 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Evolution best sellers

  1. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality book cover by Venki Ramakrishnan

    Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

    by Venki Ramakrishnan

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,472

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  2. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes book cover by Adam Rutherford PhD

    A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes

    by Adam Rutherford PhD

    • List rank#2
    • Price$19.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews3,996

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  3. A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life book cover by Peter Ward

    A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

    by Peter Ward

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews349

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  4. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race book cover by Walter Isaacson

    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

    by Walter Isaacson

    • List rank#4
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews13,966

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  5. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – The #1 New York Times Bestseller Exploring How We  book cover by Yuval Noah Harari

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – The #1 New York Times Bestseller Exploring How We Became Ruler of the Planet

    by Yuval Noah Harari

    • List rank#5
    • Price$19.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews134,001

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  6. The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia book cover by Robert Kolker

    The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia

    by Robert Kolker

    • List rank#6
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews197

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  7. Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History book cover by Alice Roberts

    Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History

    by Alice Roberts

    • List rank#7
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews604

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  8. The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution book cover by Richard Dawkins

    The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution

    by Richard Dawkins

    • List rank#8
    • Price$20.50
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews656

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  9. Scientific American September 2026 book cover by Scientific American

    Scientific American September 2026

    by Scientific American

    • List rank#9
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews13

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  10. How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference book cover by Adam Rutherford

    How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference

    by Adam Rutherford

    • List rank#10
    • Price$13.63
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews236

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FAQ

Is Evolution a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 630 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Evolution?

The median best seller has 630 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Evolution best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.49 and $13.99.

Can new books break into Evolution?

11% 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.