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Forensic Medicine (Pathology, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Forensic Medicine (Pathology, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.99, median 186 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $15.94 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $10.99 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $15.94, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Forensic Medicine best sellers
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
- List rank#1
- Price$11.38
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,287
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Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office
by Shiya Ribowsky
- List rank#2
- Price$12.16
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,073
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All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
by Sue Black DBE FRSE
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,376
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
- List rank#4
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8,343
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermid
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,345
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,359
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Unnatural Causes: Gripping true stories from the Sunday Times bestselling forensic pathologist
by Dr Richard Shepherd
- List rank#7
- Price$10.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23,638
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The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
by Sonia Shah
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews309
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty
- List rank#9
- Price$8.53
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,596
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Coroner (The Coroner Series Book 1)
by Thomas T. Noguchi
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews705
FAQ
Is Forensic Medicine a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 186 reviews and sells for $10.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Forensic Medicine?
The median best seller has 186 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Forensic Medicine best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $15.94.
Can new books break into Forensic Medicine?
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.