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Private Equity (Corporate Finance, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Private Equity (Corporate Finance, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $23.30, median 50 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 36/100 (highly competitive).

36Opportunity / 100
$23.30Median price
50Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$15.85 – $34.26
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)13%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Corporate Finance (436), one of the easier corners under it.
  • The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 26, 10 points lower than here.
  • At $23.30 its median price beats 81% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.

Top 10 Private Equity best sellers

  1. Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America book cover by Brendan Ballou

    Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America

    by Brendan Ballou

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews420

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  2. Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall  book cover by William D. Cohan

    Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street

    by William D. Cohan

    • List rank#2
    • Price$29.10
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews153

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  3. The 5x CEO: Learn the Strategies and Tactics of Top Private Equity CEOs to Accelerate Valu book cover by Samantha Allison

    The 5x CEO: Learn the Strategies and Tactics of Top Private Equity CEOs to Accelerate Value and Maximize Returns

    by Samantha Allison

    • List rank#3
    • Price$23.20
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews49

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  4. Barbarians at the Gate: The Inside Story of America’s Most Notorious Corporate Takeover book cover by Bryan Burrough

    Barbarians at the Gate: The Inside Story of America’s Most Notorious Corporate Takeover

    by Bryan Burrough

    • List rank#4
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews5,109

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  5. Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs (Book + Valuation Models) (Wiley Financ book cover by Joshua Rosenbaum

    Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs (Book + Valuation Models) (Wiley Finance)

    by Joshua Rosenbaum

    • List rank#5
    • Price$70.21
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews315

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  6. What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence book cover by Stephen A. Schwarzman

    What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

    by Stephen A. Schwarzman

    • List rank#6
    • Price$15.89
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,252

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  7. Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports book cover by David M. Rubenstein

    Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports

    by David M. Rubenstein

    • List rank#7
    • Price$23.40
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews29

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  8. The Private Equity Playbook: Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity book cover by Adam Coffey

    The Private Equity Playbook: Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity

    by Adam Coffey

    • List rank#8
    • Price$15.15
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,311

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  9. Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream―An Exposé of Private Equit book cover by Megan Greenwell

    Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream―An Exposé of Private Equity's Devastating Impact on American Lives, Communities, and the Economy

    by Megan Greenwell

    • List rank#9
    • Price$13.66
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews436

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  10. King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackst book cover by David Carey

    King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone

    by David Carey

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.92
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,720

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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Private Equity

FAQ

Is Private Equity a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 36/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 50 reviews and sells for $23.30.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Private Equity?

The median best seller has 50 reviews, and 63% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Private Equity best sellers cost?

The median price is $23.30; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.85 and $34.26.

Can new books break into Private Equity?

13% 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.