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Health, Fitness & Dieting (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Health, Fitness & Dieting (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.49, median 3,632 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).

20Opportunity / 100
$10.49Median price
3,632Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)12%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 96% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 3,632 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 2.5× those of the parent category Nonfiction, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
  • At $10.49 its median price beats 89% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.

Top 10 Health, Fitness & Dieting best sellers

  1. The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness book cover by Arthur C. Brooks

    The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness

    by Arthur C. Brooks

    • List rank#1
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,360

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  2. The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a tr book cover by Brenda Davies

    The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a true story

    by Brenda Davies

    • List rank#2
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews67,009

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  3. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life book cover by Ichiro Kishimi

    The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

    by Ichiro Kishimi

    • List rank#3
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews28,217

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  4. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't book cover by Simon Sinek

    Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

    by Simon Sinek

    • List rank#4
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews13,538

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  5. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality book cover by Venki Ramakrishnan

    Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

    by Venki Ramakrishnan

    • List rank#5
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,472

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  6. Love Your Gut: Supercharge Your Digestive Health and Transform Your Well-Being from the In book cover by Megan Rossi

    Love Your Gut: Supercharge Your Digestive Health and Transform Your Well-Being from the Inside Out

    by Megan Rossi

    • List rank#6
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews311

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  7. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories book cover by Lysa TerKeurst

    Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again

    by Lysa TerKeurst

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews28,818

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  8. The Great Divorce book cover by C. S. Lewis

    The Great Divorce

    by C. S. Lewis

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews12,417

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  9. The Quiet Wife: A shockingly addictive crime mystery suspense thriller packed with twists, book cover by J.M. Cannon

    The Quiet Wife: A shockingly addictive crime mystery suspense thriller packed with twists, perfect for Fall 2026!!

    by J.M. Cannon

    • List rank#9
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews5,583

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  10. Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body book cover by Andrew D. Huberman

    Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body

    by Andrew D. Huberman

    • List rank#10
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews593

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Health, Fitness & Dieting

FAQ

Is Health, Fitness & Dieting a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,632 reviews and sells for $10.49.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Health, Fitness & Dieting?

The median best seller has 3,632 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Health, Fitness & Dieting best sellers cost?

The median price is $10.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Health, Fitness & Dieting?

12% 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.