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Mental Health (Health & Medical Law, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Mental Health (Health & Medical Law, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $25.51, median 20 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.98 – $49.98 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 24% of the parent category Health & Medical Law (83), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $25.51 its median price beats 85% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Mental Health best sellers
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Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice
by Judith Lewis Herman MD
- List rank#1
- Price$17.70
- Rating4.6
- Reviews227
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Inside the Criminal Mind (Newly Revised Edition)
by Stanton Samenow
- List rank#2
- Price$11.44
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,703
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Raising Them Alone: The Dad Advocate
by Glenn Watkins
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates
by Suzanne O'Malley
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews357
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My Nightmare in Georgia (Based On A True Story)
by A. L. Norton
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews698
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Clinician's Thesaurus: The Guide to Conducting Interviews and Writing Psychological Reports
by Edward L. Zuckerman
- List rank#6
- Price$51.87
- Rating4.9
- Reviews29
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Mood Tracker Journal: Daily Mental Health & Wellness Diary With Prompts For Relieving Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder Or Depression | Self ... & Teens Girls (Daily Mood Tracker Journal)
by Hazel Siddartha
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews391
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When Healing Harms: The Doctor Who Put a Hospital on Trial—and the Case That Shook Psychiatry
by Eric Caplan
- List rank#8
- Price$16.71
- Rating5.0
- Reviews9
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Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth
- List rank#9
- Price$12.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews320
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The Nothing That Never Happened: A Collection of Stories for Correctional Officers and Their Families
by William Young Jr.
- List rank#10
- Price$11.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews333
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Mental Health
FAQ
Is Mental Health a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 20 reviews and sells for $25.51.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mental Health?
The median best seller has 20 reviews, and 78% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mental Health best sellers cost?
The median price is $25.51; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.98 and $49.98.
Can new books break into Mental Health?
5% 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.