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Professionals & Academics (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Professionals & Academics (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,730 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,730 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Professionals & Academics best sellers
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary
by Geoffrey Cain
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews273
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Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
by Mayukh Sen
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews120
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A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain
by David Fisher
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews72
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,409
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13,966
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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life
by Jay Stratton
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews890
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews412
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Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller
by Miriam Horn
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews34
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II — A WWII Story Set in the Pacific Theater
- List rank#10
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
Subcategories
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FAQ
Is Professionals & Academics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,730 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Professionals & Academics?
The median best seller has 1,730 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Professionals & Academics best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Professionals & Academics?
16% 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.