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Mental Illness (Psychology, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Mental Illness (Psychology, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.61, median 934 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.76 – $21.23 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 28% of the parent category Psychology (3,386), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Books categories: the median best seller has 934 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Mental Illness best sellers
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DSM-5-TR Overview: a QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide
by Rona Bernstein PsyD
- List rank#2
- Price$9.27
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,803
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The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
by Gad Saad
- List rank#3
- Price$15.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,325
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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You
by Jenara Nerenberg
- List rank#4
- Price$8.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,172
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The Burnout Society
- List rank#5
- Price$10.71
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,687
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
- List rank#6
- Price$22.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9,367
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EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma
- List rank#7
- Price$23.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews470
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The Left's War on Reality
- List rank#8
- Price$22.79
- Reviews-
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On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth
by Carl Rogers
- List rank#9
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,048
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The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance
by Matthew McKay PhD
- List rank#10
- Price$18.71
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,848
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 934 reviews and sells for $12.61.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mental Illness?
The median best seller has 934 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mental Illness best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.61; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.76 and $21.23.
Can new books break into Mental Illness?
1% 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.