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Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology (Industries, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology (Industries, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 45 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Industries (644), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology best sellers
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Health Recoded: Your Guide to Intelligent Healthcare
by Annu Navani
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,285
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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
by Gardiner Harris
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,905
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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
by Ben Goldacre
- List rank#4
- Price$11.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,104
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
by Robert Whitaker
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,490
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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
by Beth Macy
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,266
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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
by Ben Goldacre
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,998
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
by Barry Meier
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews695
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Genentech: The Beginnings of Biotech (Synthesis)
by Sally Smith Hughes
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews334
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The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America's Lawsuit Factory
by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews35
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FAQ
Is Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 45 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology?
The median best seller has 45 reviews, and 60% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology?
13% 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.