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Existential (Movements, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Existential (Movements, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $27.10, median 17 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $16.14 – $39.39 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Movements (945), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $27.10 its median price beats 86% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Existential best sellers
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Man's Search for Meaning
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews101,090
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Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
- List rank#2
- Price$11.16
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,970
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Love's Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
- List rank#3
- Price$11.40
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,487
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Existentialism Is a Humanism
by Jean-Paul Sartre
- List rank#4
- Price$11.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,323
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Existential Psychotherapy
- List rank#5
- Price$27.59
- Rating4.8
- Reviews537
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The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling
by James Hillman
- List rank#6
- Price$17.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews686
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Man's Search for Meaning: Gift Edition
- List rank#7
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,127
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Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life
- List rank#8
- Price$11.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews122
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The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
- List rank#9
- Price$71.84
- Rating4.8
- Reviews739
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The Kierkegaard Collection
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews305
FAQ
Is Existential a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 17 reviews and sells for $27.10.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Existential?
The median best seller has 17 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Existential best sellers cost?
The median price is $27.10; half of the best sellers are priced between $16.14 and $39.39.
Can new books break into Existential?
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.