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Political Ideologies: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Political Ideologies, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $25.99, median 43 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).

30Opportunity / 100
$25.99Median price
43Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$17.01 – $36.62
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 24% of the parent category Political Science (180), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $25.99 its median price beats 85% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.

Top 10 Political Ideologies best sellers

  1. Capitalism and Freedom book cover by Milton Friedman

    Capitalism and Freedom

    by Milton Friedman

    • List rank#1
    • Price$11.48
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,002

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  2. How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the So book cover by Heather Cox Richardson

    How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

    by Heather Cox Richardson

    • List rank#2
    • Price$22.97
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,949

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  3. Capital Vol. 1, 2, & 3: The Only Complete and Unabridged Edition in One Volume! book cover by Karl Marx

    Capital Vol. 1, 2, & 3: The Only Complete and Unabridged Edition in One Volume!

    by Karl Marx

    • List rank#3
    • Price$34.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,669

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  4. Virtuous Nonsense: Progressive America’s Epistemic Crisis book cover by Lawrence M. Eppard

    Virtuous Nonsense: Progressive America’s Epistemic Crisis

    by Lawrence M. Eppard

    • List rank#4
    • Price$27.95
    • Reviews-

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  5. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present book cover by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

    Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

    by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

    • List rank#5
    • Price$13.40
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,858

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  6. On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World book cover by Kevin Rudd

    On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World

    by Kevin Rudd

    • List rank#6
    • Price$28.89
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews92

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  7. No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age book cover by Jane F. McAlevey

    No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

    by Jane F. McAlevey

    • List rank#7
    • Price$17.02
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews320

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  8. Imagination: A Manifesto (Norton Shorts) book cover by Ruha Benjamin

    Imagination: A Manifesto (Norton Shorts)

    by Ruha Benjamin

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.50
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews150

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  9. Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Nat book cover by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

    Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice)

    by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

    • List rank#9
    • Price$47.25
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews332

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  10. The Open Society and Its Enemies (Routledge Classics) book cover by Karl Popper

    The Open Society and Its Enemies (Routledge Classics)

    by Karl Popper

    • List rank#10
    • Price$19.52
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews182

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FAQ

Is Political Ideologies a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 43 reviews and sells for $25.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Political Ideologies?

The median best seller has 43 reviews, and 71% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Political Ideologies best sellers cost?

The median price is $25.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $17.01 and $36.62.

Can new books break into Political Ideologies?

6% 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.