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Philosophers (Professionals & Academics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Philosophers (Professionals & Academics, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.39, median 375 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.48 – $17.04 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Professionals & Academics (4,236), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Books categories: the median best seller has 375 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Philosophers best sellers
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Man's Search for Meaning
- List rank#1
- Price$12.01
- Rating4.7
- Reviews101,090
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Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$7.41
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,971
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
by C. S. Lewis
- List rank#3
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,067
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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell
- List rank#5
- Price$11.08
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,409
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Dramatised)
- List rank#6
- Price$11.91
- Rating3.7
- Reviews67
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The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag (Vices and Virtues)
by Peter Burke
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews101
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The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo (Penguin Classics)
by Plato
- List rank#8
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,065
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Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
by Pierre Hadot
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews85
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At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir,Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
by Sarah Bakewell
- List rank#10
- Price$16.20
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,737
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FAQ
Is Philosophers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 375 reviews and sells for $14.39.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Philosophers?
The median best seller has 375 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Philosophers best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.39; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $17.04.
Can new books break into Philosophers?
5% 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.