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Medicine (Medical Books, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Medicine (Medical Books, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.15, median 2,999 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.48 – $22.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,999 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Medicine best sellers
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- List rank#1
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.8
- Reviews85,515
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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The Survival Medicine Handbook: The Essential Guide for When Help is NOT on the Way
by Joseph Alton MD
- List rank#3
- Price$30.44
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,090
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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- List rank#4
- Price$10.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120,214
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
- List rank#5
- Price$15.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,999
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Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
by David Werner
- List rank#6
- Price$29.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,028
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Nicole Angemi's Anatomy Book: A Catalog of Familiar, Rare, and Unusual Pathologies
by Nicole Angemi
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews641
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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#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews311
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Military Medicine
FAQ
Is Medicine a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,999 reviews and sells for $16.15.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Medicine?
The median best seller has 2,999 reviews, and 6% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Medicine best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.15; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $22.74.
Can new books break into Medicine?
8% 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.