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Midwifery: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Midwifery, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $35, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $19.60 – $65.34 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Medicine (2,999), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $35 its median price beats 91% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $19.60 to $65.34, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Midwifery best sellers
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Real Food for Pregnancy: The Science and Wisdom of Optimal Prenatal Nutrition
by Lily Nichols
- List rank#1
- Price$29.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,579
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Home Birth On Your Own Terms: A How To Guide For Birthing Unassisted
by Heather Baker
- List rank#2
- Price$26.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews973
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AWAKENING AT BIRTH: What the Newborn Foal Revealed About Birth, Consciousness, and Neurodevelopment
by DR JOHN MADIGAN
- List rank#3
- Price$24.95
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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It Starts with the Bump: Evidence-Based Strategies for a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy
by Rebecca Fett
- List rank#4
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews212
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Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving Ancient Wisdom with Modern Knowledge
by Rachel Reed
- List rank#5
- Price$17.72
- Rating4.6
- Reviews434
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Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered
by Rebecca Dekker
- List rank#6
- Price$18.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews580
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A Woman of Firsts: The true story of the midwife who built a hospital and changed the world - A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
by Edna Adan Ismail
- List rank#7
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews243
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Sisters of the East End
by Helen Batten
- List rank#8
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.2
- Reviews2,260
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AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing
by Kathleen Rice Simpson PhD RNC FAAN
- List rank#9
- Price$87.43
- Rating4.7
- Reviews140
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Mosby’s OB/Peds & Women’s Health Memory NoteCards: Visual, Mnemonic, and Memory Aids for Nurses
by JoAnn Zerwekh EdD MSN RN
- List rank#10
- Price$21.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews260
FAQ
Is Midwifery a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $35.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Midwifery?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 67% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Midwifery best sellers cost?
The median price is $35; half of the best sellers are priced between $19.60 and $65.34.
Can new books break into Midwifery?
6% 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.