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Professionals & Academics (Biographies & Memoirs, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Professionals & Academics (Biographies & Memoirs, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.34, median 4,236 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.48 – $22.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 96% of Books categories: the median best seller has 4,236 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Professionals & Academics best sellers
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Man's Search for Meaning
- List rank#1
- Price$12.01
- Rating4.7
- Reviews101,090
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition
by Mitch Albom
- List rank#2
- Price$8.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews50,262
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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#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews273
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#4
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
- List rank#5
- Price$15.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,999
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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- List rank#6
- Price$10.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120,214
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews44,300
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Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
by Will Guidara
- List rank#8
- Price$13.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,310
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Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future
- List rank#9
- Price$18.09
- Rating4.2
- Reviews18
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A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
- List rank#10
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,130
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Professionals & Academics
FAQ
Is Professionals & Academics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4,236 reviews and sells for $14.34.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Professionals & Academics?
The median best seller has 4,236 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Professionals & Academics best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.34; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.48 and $22.99.
Can new books break into Professionals & Academics?
17% 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.