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Public Affairs & Administration (Public Affairs & Policy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Public Affairs & Administration (Public Affairs & Policy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.99, median 16 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $16.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Public Affairs & Policy (588), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 50, 16 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- At $10.99 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Public Affairs & Administration best sellers
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The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews574
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How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will—A Senator's Funny and Perceptive Takedown of Washington Politics
by John Kennedy
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews15,723
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How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America
by Otis Webb Brawley
- List rank#3
- Price$14.24
- Rating4.7
- Reviews626
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The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews16,094
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Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This
by Common Sense Coalition
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews105
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The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon – The New York Times Bestseller Exposing Mass Migration as a National Security Threat
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,265
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage
by Sherry Sontag
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,512
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Leadership: Theory and Practice
by Peter G. Northouse
- List rank#8
- Price$77.60
- Rating4.5
- Reviews49
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The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ
by Roger J. Stone
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,230
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How Dare You: An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed—and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment
by Glenda Baskin Glover
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews133
Same niche in Books: Public Affairs & Administration
FAQ
Is Public Affairs & Administration a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 16 reviews and sells for $10.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Public Affairs & Administration?
The median best seller has 16 reviews, and 71% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Public Affairs & Administration best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $16.99.
Can new books break into Public Affairs & Administration?
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.