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Gay & Lesbian Studies: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Gay & Lesbian Studies, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $37.62, median 12 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $29.93 – $52.58 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Social Sciences (646), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $37.62 its median price beats 93% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Gay & Lesbian Studies best sellers
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Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities
by Laura Erickson-Schroth
- List rank#1
- Price$30.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews96
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Enhancing Pleasure for Gay Men
by Israel Martinez
- List rank#2
- Price$40.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2
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Indecent Theology
by Marcella Althaus-Reid
- List rank#3
- Price$37.59
- Rating4.8
- Reviews33
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Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places (Observations)
by Laud Humphreys
- List rank#4
- Price$72.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews71
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Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking
by Tim Dean
- List rank#5
- Price$28
- Rating4.0
- Reviews50
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Monsters in the closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (Inside Popular Film)
by Harry Benshoff
- List rank#6
- Price$29.85
- Rating4.3
- Reviews72
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From Nowhere to Everywhere
by Gill Valentine
- List rank#7
- Price$39
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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'Curing queers': Mental nurses and their patients, 1935–74 (Nursing History and Humanities)
by Tommy Dickinson
- List rank#8
- Price$28.77
- Rating4.4
- Reviews15
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Chronic Pain, BDSM and Crip Time (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)
by Emma Sheppard
- List rank#9
- Price$60.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa: Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and Illicit Enrichment
by Rogers Orock
- List rank#10
- Price$30
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Gay & Lesbian Studies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 12 reviews and sells for $37.62.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Gay & Lesbian Studies?
The median best seller has 12 reviews, and 94% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Gay & Lesbian Studies best sellers cost?
The median price is $37.62; half of the best sellers are priced between $29.93 and $52.58.
Can new books break into Gay & Lesbian Studies?
0% 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.