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Post-Traumatic Stress: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Post-Traumatic Stress, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.47, median 1,563 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).

28Opportunity / 100
$14.47Median price
1,563Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$11.48 – $19.46
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)3%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 21% of the parent category Mental Health (7,292), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,563 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Post-Traumatic Stress best sellers

  1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma book cover by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

    by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

    • List rank#1
    • Price$19.59
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews85,515

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  2. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised book cover by Melody Beattie

    Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)

    by Melody Beattie

    • List rank#2
    • Price$13.88
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews19,295

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  3. Bloodlines: A Memoir book cover by Joe Manganiello

    Bloodlines: A Memoir

    by Joe Manganiello

    • List rank#3
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews95

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  4. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing book cover by Oprah Winfrey

    What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

    by Oprah Winfrey

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews18,169

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  5. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Tr book cover by Pete Walker

    Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma

    by Pete Walker

    • List rank#5
    • Price$16.25
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews11,785

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  6. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Min book cover by Matthew McKay PhD

    The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance

    by Matthew McKay PhD

    • List rank#6
    • Price$16.33
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews10,848

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  7. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma book cover by Stephanie Foo

    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

    by Stephanie Foo

    • List rank#7
    • Price$15.69
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews7,006

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  8. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture book cover by Gabor Maté MD

    The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

    by Gabor Maté MD

    • List rank#8
    • Price$15.28
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews8,217

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  9. It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the book cover by Mark Wolynn

    It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

    by Mark Wolynn

    • List rank#9
    • Price$14.15
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews14,048

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  10. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men book cover by Lundy Bancroft

    Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

    by Lundy Bancroft

    • List rank#10
    • Price$11.48
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews8,808

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FAQ

Is Post-Traumatic Stress a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,563 reviews and sells for $14.47.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Post-Traumatic Stress?

The median best seller has 1,563 reviews, and 6% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Post-Traumatic Stress best sellers cost?

The median price is $14.47; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $19.46.

Can new books break into Post-Traumatic Stress?

3% 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.