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Pathologies (Psychology & Counseling, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Pathologies (Psychology & Counseling, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $13.22, median 1,955 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).

28Opportunity / 100
$13.22Median price
1,955Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$11.07 – $16.23
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)4%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Psychology & Counseling (10,848), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 92% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,955 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Pathologies best sellers

  1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma book cover by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

    • List rank#1
    • Price$19.59
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews85,515

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  2. How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing book cover by KC Davis LPC

    How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

    by KC Davis LPC

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.79
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews9,583

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  3. Bloodlines: A Memoir book cover by Joe Manganiello

    Bloodlines: A Memoir

    by Joe Manganiello

    • List rank#3
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews95

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  4. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Min book cover by Matthew McKay PhD

    The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance

    by Matthew McKay PhD

    • List rank#4
    • Price$16.33
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews10,848

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  5. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing book cover by Oprah Winfrey

    What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

    by Oprah Winfrey

    • List rank#5
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews18,169

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  6. Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life book cover by Max Lucado

    Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life

    by Max Lucado

    • List rank#6
    • Price$12.79
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,664

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  7. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma book cover by Stephanie Foo

    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

    by Stephanie Foo

    • List rank#7
    • Price$15.69
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews7,006

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  8. Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World book cover by Max Lucado

    Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World

    by Max Lucado

    • List rank#8
    • Price$10.81
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews12,845

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  9. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder book cover by Gabor Maté MD

    Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

    by Gabor Maté MD

    • List rank#9
    • Price$20.25
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,441

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  10. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture book cover by Gabor Maté MD

    The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

    by Gabor Maté MD

    • List rank#10
    • Price$15.28
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews8,217

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FAQ

Is Pathologies a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,955 reviews and sells for $13.22.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Pathologies?

The median best seller has 1,955 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Pathologies best sellers cost?

The median price is $13.22; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.07 and $16.23.

Can new books break into Pathologies?

4% 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.