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Pathology (Specialties, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Pathology (Specialties, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 241 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $30.78 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 98 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Specialties (1,042), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Pathology best sellers
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
- List rank#1
- Price$11.38
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,287
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Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office
by Shiya Ribowsky
- List rank#2
- Price$12.16
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,073
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All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
by Sue Black DBE FRSE
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,376
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermid
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,345
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The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
by Sonia Shah
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews309
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Rethinking Hypothyroidism: Why Treatment Must Change and What Patients Can Do
by Dr. Antonio C. Bianco MD M.D. Ph.D
- List rank#6
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews138
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty
- List rank#7
- Price$8.53
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,596
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Unnatural Causes: Gripping true stories from the Sunday Times bestselling forensic pathologist
by Dr Richard Shepherd
- List rank#8
- Price$10.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23,638
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The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
by John Kelly
- List rank#9
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,751
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
- List rank#10
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8,343
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FAQ
Is Pathology a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 241 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Pathology?
The median best seller has 241 reviews, and 34% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Pathology best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $30.78.
Can new books break into Pathology?
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.