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Medical eBooks: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Medical eBooks, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,412 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,412 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Medical eBooks best sellers
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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Love Your Gut: Supercharge Your Digestive Health and Transform Your Well-Being from the Inside Out
by Megan Rossi
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews311
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Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews593
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Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
by Jonathan Metzl
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,463
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The Art of Thinking Clearly: The International Bestseller That Improves Decision Making and Counters Faulty Reasoning with Research-Backed Good Sense
by Rolf Dobelli
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,318
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr., MD
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,000
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews85,515
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
- List rank#10
- Price$11.38
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,287
Subcategories
- Education & Training34
- Nursing32
- Allied Health Professions30
- Pharmacology30
- Veterinary Medicine29
- Dentistry28
- Basic Science28
- Informatics26
- Alternative & Holistic25
- Internal Medicine25
- Diseases25
- Administration & Policy24
- Research24
- Military Medicine24
- Specialties23
- Reproductive Medicine & Technology22
- Special Topics22
- Environmental Health21
- Physician & Patient21
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FAQ
Is Medical eBooks a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,412 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Medical eBooks?
The median best seller has 1,412 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Medical eBooks best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Medical eBooks?
16% 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.