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Political (Humor, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Political (Humor, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $11.21, median 450 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $18.72 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Humor (2,483), one of the easier corners under it.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $11.21 its median price is below 85% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Political best sellers
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WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy
by Ben Meiselas
- List rank#1
- Price$23.09
- Rating4.8
- Reviews165
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How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will―A Senator's Funny and Perceptive Takedown of Washington Politics
by John Kennedy
- List rank#2
- Price$13.33
- Rating4.8
- Reviews15,723
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How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
by Zachary Auburn
- List rank#3
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.7
- Reviews12,853
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How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents: The Trouble with Sycophants, Courage Outsourcing, and Partisan Groupthink
by Thom Tillis
- List rank#4
- Price$31.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews110
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The Donnie Diaries: Regurgitated
by James F. Mueller
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
by Stewart Reynolds
- List rank#6
- Price$9.25
- Rating4.4
- Reviews620
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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork chops?
by George Carlin
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews635
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What Does the Constitution Actually Say?: A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work
by Ben Sheehan
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,134
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OPUS: 25 Years of His Sunday Best
by Berkeley Breathed
- List rank#9
- Price$14.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews150
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Brain Droppings
by George Carlin
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews866
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FAQ
Is Political a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 450 reviews and sells for $11.21.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Political?
The median best seller has 450 reviews, and 24% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Political best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.21; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $18.72.
Can new books break into Political?
17% 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.