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Mental Illness (Mental Health, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Mental Illness (Mental Health, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 1,545 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).

20Opportunity / 100
$11.99Median price
1,545Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$7.99 – $14.12
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)7%
Books on the list100
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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.
  • At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.

Top 10 Mental Illness best sellers

  1. The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a tr book cover by Brenda Davies

    The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a true story

    by Brenda Davies

    • List rank#1
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews67,009

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  2. Sociopath: A Memoir book cover by Ph.D. Patric Gagne

    Sociopath: A Memoir

    by Ph.D. Patric Gagne

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews10,090

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  3. The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radicall book cover by W. Lee Warren, MD

    The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life

    by W. Lee Warren, MD

    • List rank#3
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews592

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  4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma book cover by Bessel  van der Kolk

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    by Bessel van der Kolk

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews85,515

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  5. ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain – A Coach's M book cover by Tracy Otsuka

    ADHD for Smart Ass Women: How to Fall in Love with Your Neurodivergent Brain – A Coach's Mental Health Guide with Proven Strategies

    by Tracy Otsuka

    • List rank#5
    • Price$18.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews851

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  6. Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life – The New York Times Bestselling  book cover by Gary John Bishop

    Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life – The New York Times Bestselling Tough-Love Self-Help Guide to Stop Self-Sabotage and Boost Resilience (Unfu*k Yourself series Book 1)

    by Gary John Bishop

    • List rank#6
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews28,942

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  7. Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Four Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery book cover by Catherine Gildiner

    Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Four Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

    by Catherine Gildiner

    • List rank#7
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews10,908

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  8. Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life book cover by Craig Groeschel

    Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

    by Craig Groeschel

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews12,087

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  9. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: An International Bestselling Guide to Mental Health a book cover by Julie Smith

    Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: An International Bestselling Guide to Mental Health and Emotional Resilience from a Clinical Psychologist

    by Julie Smith

    • List rank#9
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews14,370

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  10. Complete Works of Carl Jung: Psychological Types, Psychiatric Studies, Essays on Analytica book cover by Carl Jung

    Complete Works of Carl Jung: Psychological Types, Psychiatric Studies, Essays on Analytical Psychology & others (Grapevine Press)

    by Carl Jung

    • List rank#10
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews163

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FAQ

Is Mental Illness 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 $11.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Mental Illness?

The median best seller has 1,545 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Mental Illness best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $14.12.

Can new books break into Mental Illness?

7% 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.