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Poverty (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Poverty (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 537 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 50 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- The same niche in Books scores 29, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its median reviews are 34% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 537 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Poverty best sellers
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,942
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
by Katherine Boo
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10,128
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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by Brian Goldstone
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews893
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Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,038
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Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Bronte
- List rank#5
- Price$0.39
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,726
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Poor: The Award-Winning Memoir of Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief
by Katriona O'Sullivan
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews15,515
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
by Stephanie Land
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews17,694
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
- List rank#8
- Price$15.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews125,989
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
by Masaji Ishikawa
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews46,943
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Down, Out &Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row
by Forrest Stuart
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews67
Same niche in Books: Poverty
FAQ
Is Poverty a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 537 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Poverty?
The median best seller has 537 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Poverty best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.50.
Can new books break into Poverty?
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.