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Parenting (Parenting & Relationships, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Parenting (Parenting & Relationships, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.98, median 3,223 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.43 – $15.59 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Books categories: the median best seller has 3,223 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $11.98 its median price is below 82% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Parenting best sellers
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
by James Clear
- List rank#1
- Price$18.42
- Rating4.8
- Reviews150,379
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Making Peace with What I Can’t Control: Find Relief from the Exhaustion of Overthinking, Trying to Fix Others, and Wanting to Figure It All Out
- List rank#2
- Price$19.98
- Rating4.8
- Reviews206
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What to Expect When You're Expecting: (Updated in 2026)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.43
- Rating4.8
- Reviews31,188
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- List rank#4
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,907
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
- List rank#5
- Price$8.66
- Rating4.7
- Reviews15,699
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The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
- List rank#6
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews21,710
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Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
- List rank#7
- Price$15.79
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,742
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Unoffendable Heart: Breaking Free from the Cycle of Offense to Live in Freedom, Love, and Forgiveness
- List rank#8
- Price$15.38
- Rating5.0
- Reviews189
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Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults
- List rank#9
- Price$15.72
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,145
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Boundaries, Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
by Henry Cloud
- List rank#10
- Price$23.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews25,811
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Parenting
FAQ
Is Parenting a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,223 reviews and sells for $11.98.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Parenting?
The median best seller has 3,223 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Parenting best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.98; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.43 and $15.59.
Can new books break into Parenting?
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.