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Neurosurgery (Surgery, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Neurosurgery (Surgery, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $56.12, median 9 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $115 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Surgery (80), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $56.12 its median price beats 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 9 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Neurosurgery best sellers
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr., MD
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,000
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
by Henry Marsh
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews16,364
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Something Awesome: A Life in Neurosurgery
by William A. Friedman
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews161
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No Place to Hide: A Brain Surgeon’s Long Journey Home from the Iraq War
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,268
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Savage Son: the most gripping, thrilling adventure novel you'll read this year
by Jack Carr
- List rank#5
- Price-
- Rating4.7
- Reviews23,617
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Collateral Circulation: a Medical Mystery (A Dr. Danny Tilson Novel Book 3)
by Barbara Ebel
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews428
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Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition: The Ben Carson Story
by Ben Carson M.D.
- List rank#7
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,565
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Off the Top of My Head: Stories from the Operating Room That Will Make You Laugh (or Cry)
by Barbara Lazio
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews17
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Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery
by Theodore H. Schwartz
- List rank#9
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews441
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Red Light Therapy: Miracle Medicine for Pain, Fatigue, Fat loss, Anti-aging, Muscle Growth and Brain Enhancement (The Future of Medicine: The 3 Greatest Therapies Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction)
by Mark Sloan
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,862
FAQ
Is Neurosurgery a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 9 reviews and sells for $56.12.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Neurosurgery?
The median best seller has 9 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Neurosurgery best sellers cost?
The median price is $56.12; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $115.
Can new books break into Neurosurgery?
8% 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.