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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).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.85 – $34.26 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
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
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Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
by Brendan Ballou
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews420
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Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street
- List rank#2
- Price$29.10
- Rating4.2
- Reviews153
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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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Barbarians at the Gate: The Inside Story of America’s Most Notorious Corporate Takeover
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,109
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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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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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Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports
- List rank#7
- Price$23.40
- Rating4.1
- Reviews29
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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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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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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
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.