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Politics & Social Sciences (Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Politics & Social Sciences (Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.53, median 12,331 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.44 – $23.40 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 31% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Books categories: the median best seller has 12,331 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 31% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $10.44 to $23.40, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Politics & Social Sciences best sellers
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games): A Hunger Games Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews91,610
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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere ― The Classic Survival Handbook, Updated with Urban Survival
- List rank#2
- Price$17.16
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,377
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Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Zayed's secret plot to remake the Middle East
by Matthew Cole
- List rank#3
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.2
- Reviews33
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The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
- List rank#4
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews816
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48 Laws of Power
- List rank#5
- Price$24.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews90,618
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Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State
- List rank#6
- Price$15.91
- Rating4.4
- Reviews603
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The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness
- List rank#7
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews28,217
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews136,820
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WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy
by Ben Meiselas
- List rank#10
- Price$23.09
- Rating4.8
- Reviews165
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Politics & Social Sciences
FAQ
Is Politics & Social Sciences a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 12,331 reviews and sells for $14.53.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Politics & Social Sciences?
The median best seller has 12,331 reviews, and 13% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Politics & Social Sciences best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.53; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.44 and $23.40.
Can new books break into Politics & Social Sciences?
31% 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.