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Medical (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Medical (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,545 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,545 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Medical best sellers
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr., MD
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,000
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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120,214
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Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews18
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Healing Politics: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews161
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The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews197
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The Modern Hospitalist: Merging the Art, Business, and Science of Medicine
by Andrew Parks
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews11
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Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office
by Shiya Ribowsky
- List rank#7
- Price$12.16
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,073
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This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor – A Brutally Honest Medical Memoir Packed with Dark Humor
by Adam Kay
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews107,872
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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small Book 5)
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,769
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Birth Vibes: Stories and Strategies for an Empowered Birth
by Jen Hamilton
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews1,775
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FAQ
Is Medical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,545 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Medical?
The median best seller has 1,545 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Medical best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Medical?
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.