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Politics & Social Sciences (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Politics & Social Sciences (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.49, median 886 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $14.71 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 27% |
| Books on the list | 102 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 27% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.49 its median price is below 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 886 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Politics & Social Sciences best sellers
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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The Federalist
by John Jay
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews186
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,942
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews44,300
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Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East
by Matthew Cole
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews33
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The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews28,217
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The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews658
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Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat. (The Stoic Virtues Series)
by Ryan Holiday
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews924
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Politics & Social Sciences
FAQ
Is Politics & Social Sciences a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 886 reviews and sells for $4.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Politics & Social Sciences?
The median best seller has 886 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Politics & Social Sciences best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $14.71.
Can new books break into Politics & Social Sciences?
27% 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.