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Methodology (Philosophy, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Methodology (Philosophy, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17.54, median 61 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).

31Opportunity / 100
$17.54Median price
61Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$12.99 – $23.80
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)1%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Philosophy (4,240), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Methodology best sellers

  1. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius book cover by Marcus Aurelius

    The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

    by Marcus Aurelius

    • List rank#1
    • Price$0.19
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews434

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  2. The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning book cover by Nathaniel Bluedorn

    The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

    by Nathaniel Bluedorn

    • List rank#2
    • Price$22.47
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,079

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  3. The Socratic Method: A Practitioner’s Handbook book cover by Ward Farnsworth

    The Socratic Method: A Practitioner’s Handbook

    by Ward Farnsworth

    • List rank#3
    • Price$15.09
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews906

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  4. The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual book cover by Ward Farnsworth

    The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual

    by Ward Farnsworth

    • List rank#4
    • Price$17.13
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,528

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  5. Meditations book cover by Marcus Aurelius

    Meditations

    by Marcus Aurelius

    • List rank#5
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews4,997

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  6. The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods (Not In A Series) book cover by OP A. G. Sertillanges

    The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods (Not In A Series)

    by OP A. G. Sertillanges

    • List rank#6
    • Price$19.83
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews471

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  7. Securely Attached: Transform Your Attachment Patterns into Loving, Lasting Romantic Relati book cover by Eli Harwood M.A.  LPC

    Securely Attached: Transform Your Attachment Patterns into Loving, Lasting Romantic Relationships (Attachment Workbook) (Parenting Book Series)

    by Eli Harwood M.A. LPC

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.71
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews363

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  8. The Gateway Experience: Lessons in Manifesting, Astral Travel, Developing ESP, & More: The book cover by Desiree Palmer

    The Gateway Experience: Lessons in Manifesting, Astral Travel, Developing ESP, & More: The Complete Guide to the Declassified Document & Hemi-Sync Audio Program

    by Desiree Palmer

    • List rank#8
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews61

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  9. The Problems of Philosophy book cover by Bertrand Russell

    The Problems of Philosophy

    by Bertrand Russell

    • List rank#9
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews372

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  10. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking book cover by Daniel C. Dennett

    Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

    by Daniel C. Dennett

    • List rank#10
    • Price$17.89
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews668

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FAQ

Is Methodology a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 61 reviews and sells for $17.54.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Methodology?

The median best seller has 61 reviews, and 59% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Methodology best sellers cost?

The median price is $17.54; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.99 and $23.80.

Can new books break into Methodology?

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.