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Privacy & Surveillance (Specific Topics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Privacy & Surveillance (Specific Topics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.76, median 64 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.64 – $22.19 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Specific Topics (6,658), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Privacy & Surveillance best sellers
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The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027
by Central Intelligence Agency
- List rank#2
- Price$22.27
- Rating4.6
- Reviews95
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Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden
- List rank#3
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,294
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On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
by Julia Angwin
- List rank#4
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews90
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The Age of AI: And Our Human Future
by Henry A Kissinger
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews2,893
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First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
- List rank#6
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews493
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Psychopathic Authoritarianism : A Disease of the Soul
by Joseph Sansone
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews26
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Indoctrinated Brain: How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom
by Michael Nehls
- List rank#8
- Price$16.54
- Rating4.6
- Reviews806
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Surveillance and Surveillance Detection: A CIA Insider's Guide
- List rank#9
- Price$15.83
- Rating4.3
- Reviews180
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The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
by Ben Buchanan
- List rank#10
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews363
FAQ
Is Privacy & Surveillance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 64 reviews and sells for $17.76.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Privacy & Surveillance?
The median best seller has 64 reviews, and 58% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Privacy & Surveillance best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.76; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.64 and $22.19.
Can new books break into Privacy & Surveillance?
9% 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.