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Existential (Movements, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Existential (Movements, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 18 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $16.04 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Movements (812), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 74% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 18 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $16.04, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
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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The Kierkegaard Collection
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews305
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Man's Search for Meaning: Gift Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,127
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Love's Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,487
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Existentialism Is a Humanism
by Jean-Paul Sartre
- List rank#5
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,323
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Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,970
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Existential Psychotherapy
- List rank#7
- Price$32.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews537
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The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
by James Hillman
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews685
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Understanding Abraham Maslow and The Hierarchy of Needs: A Complete Guide to Human Motivation, Self-Actualization, and Personal Growth (Half Hour Help Educational and Developmental Psychology Series)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews19
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The Courage to Create
by Rollo May
- List rank#10
- Price$9.23
- Rating4.5
- Reviews483
FAQ
Is Existential a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 18 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Existential?
The median best seller has 18 reviews, and 78% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Existential best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $16.04.
Can new books break into Existential?
6% 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.