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Individual Philosophers (Philosophy, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Individual Philosophers (Philosophy, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $13.91, median 452 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.22 – $17.06 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Philosophy (4,240), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 75% of Books categories: the median best seller has 452 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Individual Philosophers best sellers
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Meditations (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
by Aurelius Marcus
- List rank#1
- Price$13.97
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,998
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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (The Stoic Classics Collection)
- List rank#2
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,933
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Meditations: The Annotated Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$17
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,405
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Beyond Good And Evil (Fingerprint! Classics)
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,553
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Beyond Good And Evil
by Friedrick Nietzche
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,635
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How to Live - A Handbook of Stoic Philosophy: Discourses and The Enchiridion by Epictetus (Enchiridion and Discourses)
by Epictetus
- List rank#7
- Price$5.93
- Rating4.5
- Reviews619
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Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought (Adams 101 Series)
by Paul Kleinman
- List rank#8
- Price$12.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,577
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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (P.S.)
- List rank#9
- Price$11.62
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,070
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The Prince
by Nicolo Machiavelli
- List rank#10
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,333
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FAQ
Is Individual Philosophers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 452 reviews and sells for $13.91.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Individual Philosophers?
The median best seller has 452 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Individual Philosophers best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.91; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.22 and $17.06.
Can new books break into Individual Philosophers?
3% 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.