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Modern (Philosophy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Modern (Philosophy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 206 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $10.59 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Philosophy (1,665), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $10.59, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Modern best sellers
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The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor – A New York Times Bestseller with Timeless Lessons on Gratitude and Hope
by Eddie Jaku
- List rank#2
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews30,777
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The Complete Works of Rene Descartes: Discourse on the Method, Meditations on First Philosophy & More (Grapevine Edition) (The Masters of Philosophy Collection: Timeless Writings)
- List rank#3
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews36
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The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
by Alan Watts
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,944
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Karl Marx in America
by Andrew Hartman
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews19
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The Complete Works of David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, A Treatise of Human Nature, The History of England, The Natural History of Religion, Essays, Personal Correspondence
by David Hume
- List rank#6
- Price$0.52
- Rating4.3
- Reviews27
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Being and Time
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews849
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The Anti-Populist Reader: How Plato, Rousseau, De Tocqueville, Hannah Arendt, Nietzsche, Orwell, Francis Fukuyama, and 21 other thought leaders illuminate the backlash against liberal democracy
by Edan Benn Epstein
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Complete Works Of Friedrich Nietzsche: 6 Book Collection (Thus Spake Zarathustra, Human All Too Human, Beyond Good and Evil, The Twilight of The Idols, Ecch Homo, On The Genealogy of Morals)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews153
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The Little Book of Stoic Quotes: Philosophy for a Meaningful and Courageous Life
by Phil Van Treuren
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews384
FAQ
Is Modern a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 206 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Modern?
The median best seller has 206 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Modern best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $10.59.
Can new books break into Modern?
2% 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.