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Neurosurgery (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Surgery, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Neurosurgery (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Surgery, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $141, median 10 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $84.19 – $223 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- At $141 its median price beats 99% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its median reviews are 30% of the parent category Surgery (32), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 83% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 10 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Neurosurgery best sellers
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Greenberg’s Handbook of Neurosurgery
by Mark S. Greenberg
- List rank#1
- Price$145
- Reviews-
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Operative Techniques in Surgery: Print + eBook with Multimedia
by Mary T. Hawn
- List rank#2
- Price$325
- Rating4.8
- Reviews20
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Greenberg’s Handbook of Neurosurgery
by Mark S. Greenberg
- List rank#3
- Price$91.72
- Rating4.6
- Reviews105
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The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology
by Alice W. Flaherty MD PhD
- List rank#4
- Price$89.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews64
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Handbook of Neuroscience Nursing: Care of the Adult Neurosurgical Patient
by Denita Ryan
- List rank#5
- Price$80.01
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10
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Video Atlas of Neurosurgery: Contemporary Tumor and Skull Base Surgery
by Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa MD FAANS FACS
- List rank#6
- Price$308
- Rating5.0
- Reviews6
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Michigan Manual of Plastic Surgery
by David L. Brown MD
- List rank#7
- Price$85.77
- Rating4.9
- Reviews14
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Neurosurgery Fundamentals
by Nitin Agarwal
- List rank#8
- Price$51.55
- Rating4.8
- Reviews12
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Seven Cavernomas: Tenets and Techniques for Resection
by Michael T. Lawton
- List rank#9
- Price$190
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
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Osborn's Brain
by Anne G. Osborn MD FACR
- List rank#10
- Price$263
- Rating4.4
- Reviews24
FAQ
Is Neurosurgery a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 10 reviews and sells for $141.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Neurosurgery?
The median best seller has 10 reviews, and 97% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Neurosurgery best sellers cost?
The median price is $141; half of the best sellers are priced between $84.19 and $223.
Can new books break into Neurosurgery?
7% 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.