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Physical (Anthropology, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Physical (Anthropology, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.71, median 162 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.51 – $32.10 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Anthropology (1,699), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $13.51 to $32.10, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Physical best sellers
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
- List rank#1
- Price$20.50
- Rating4.6
- Reviews656
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This Is Your Brain On Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
by Kathleen McAuliffe
- List rank#2
- Price$12.91
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,083
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Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
by Lewis Dartnell
- List rank#3
- Price$23.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,249
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
by Jeremy Narby
- List rank#4
- Price$10.23
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,596
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
by Bryan Sykes
- List rank#5
- Price$16.25
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,707
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Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
by Sue Black
- List rank#6
- Price$10.73
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,433
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The Origin of Species
- List rank#7
- Price$0.39
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,128
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- List rank#8
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews134,001
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The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on Earth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Extinction
by Kyle Harper
- List rank#10
- Price$31.96
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
FAQ
Is Physical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 162 reviews and sells for $16.71.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Physical?
The median best seller has 162 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Physical best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.71; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.51 and $32.10.
Can new books break into Physical?
7% 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.