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General Surgery: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for General Surgery, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $41.30, median 49 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.02 – $73.71 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- At $41.30 its median price beats 94% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 48% of the parent category Surgery (102), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 General Surgery best sellers
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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- List rank#1
- Price$10.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120,214
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
- List rank#2
- Price$15.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,999
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,234
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- List rank#4
- Price$10.26
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,915
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande
- List rank#5
- Price$9.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,023
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Marino's The ICU Book: Print + eBook with Updates
by Paul Marino
- List rank#6
- Price$112
- Rating4.1
- Reviews105
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Surgical Recall
by Lorne Blackbourne
- List rank#7
- Price$63.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews34
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The ABSITE Review
by STEVEN MARK FISER
- List rank#8
- Price$65.70
- Rating4.7
- Reviews25
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Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery
by Robert M. Bojar
- List rank#9
- Price$47.94
- Rating4.8
- Reviews305
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FAQ
Is General Surgery a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 49 reviews and sells for $41.30.
How many reviews do you need to rank in General Surgery?
The median best seller has 49 reviews, and 57% of them have fewer than 100.
What do General Surgery best sellers cost?
The median price is $41.30; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.02 and $73.71.
Can new books break into General Surgery?
4% 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.