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Gender Studies (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Gender Studies (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 292 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 292 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Gender Studies best sellers
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The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
by David M. Buss
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews902
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All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
by bell hooks
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews15,090
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Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
by Laura Bates
- List rank#3
- Price$9.17
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,334
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The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire (20th Anniversary Edition)
by David Deida
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews16,771
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The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,194
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The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,177
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King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering Masculinity Through the Lens of Archetypal Psychology - A Journey into the Male Psyche and Its Four Essential Aspects
by Robert Moore
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,185
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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
by Bell Hooks
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,438
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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, Updated With a New Epilogue – The Groundbreaking Cultural Story of Gender Warfare and Social Change
by Riane Eisler
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews594
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Raising Conscious Daughters: Building Confidence, Courage, and Inner Power in an Anxious World
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews17
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FAQ
Is Gender Studies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 292 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Gender Studies?
The median best seller has 292 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Gender Studies best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Gender Studies?
10% 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.