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Pathologies (Psychology, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Pathologies (Psychology, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.15, median 1,217 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$14.15Median price
1,217Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$10.71 – $21
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,217 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 36% of the parent category Psychology (3,386), one of the easier corners under it.

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. Bloodlines: A Memoir book cover by Joe Manganiello

    Bloodlines: A Memoir

    by Joe Manganiello

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews95

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  3. 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#3
    • Price$9.79
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews9,583

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  4. 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#4
    • Price$15.69
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews7,006

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  5. 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#5
    • Price$15.28
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews8,217

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  6. Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind book cover by Gad Saad

    Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind

    by Gad Saad

    • List rank#6
    • Price$20.39
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,693

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  7. 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#7
    • Price$20.25
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,441

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  8. 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#8
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews18,169

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  9. Calming Mindfulness Word Search for Adults: Large Print Word Puzzles for Relaxation and An book cover by TG Edition

    Calming Mindfulness Word Search for Adults: Large Print Word Puzzles for Relaxation and Anxiety Relief (Word Find Books For Adults)

    by TG Edition

    • List rank#9
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews183

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  10. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving book cover by Pete Walker

    Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

    by Pete Walker

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews11,785

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FAQ

Is Pathologies a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,217 reviews and sells for $14.15.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Pathologies?

The median best seller has 1,217 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Pathologies best sellers cost?

The median price is $14.15; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.71 and $21.

Can new books break into Pathologies?

6% 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.