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Health & Safety: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Health & Safety, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $28.69, median 33 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.81 – $43.40 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems (392), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $28.69 its median price beats 87% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $15.81 to $43.40, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Health & Safety best sellers
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by Kate Moore
- List rank#1
- Price$19.79
- Rating4.6
- Reviews24,724
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The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life
by Arthur Firstenberg
- List rank#2
- Price$16.40
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,835
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Safety Professional's Reference and Study Guide, Fourth Edition
by W. David Yates
- List rank#3
- Price$53.26
- Rating4.4
- Reviews50
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The Practical Prepper’s Survival Bible: Your Complete Guide To Crisis Preparation With 100+ No Grid Survival Projects, Homesteading, Canning, Off Grid Living, Medicine, Water Filtration & More
by Cole Barrett
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews602
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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
by Stephen Puleo
- List rank#5
- Price$11.34
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,220
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Energy-Based Safety: A Scientific Approach to Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs)
by Matthew R. Hallowell
- List rank#6
- Price$65.96
- Rating4.8
- Reviews52
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The Prepper’s Survival Bible: A Complete Guide to Long Term Survival, Stockpiling, Off-Grid Living, Canning, Home Defense, Self-Sufficiency and ... to Survive Anywhere (The Survival Series)
by Dale Mann
- List rank#7
- Price$22.97
- Rating4.3
- Reviews451
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The Prepper's Survival Bible 13 Books in 1: Survival, Self-Sufficiency and Security, A Complete Guide to Thriving in Uncertain Times with Proven Strategies and Practical Skills.
by Rowan Pike
- List rank#8
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews24
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Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
by MD Samuel Milham
- List rank#9
- Price$12.05
- Rating4.6
- Reviews601
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ASP Study Guide 2026-2027: 3 Practice Tests and Exam Prep Book for BCSP ASP Certification: [3rd Edition]
- List rank#10
- Price$28.96
- Rating4.5
- Reviews33
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FAQ
Is Health & Safety a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 33 reviews and sells for $28.69.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Health & Safety?
The median best seller has 33 reviews, and 77% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Health & Safety best sellers cost?
The median price is $28.69; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.81 and $43.40.
Can new books break into Health & Safety?
11% 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.