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Quantum Chemistry: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Quantum Chemistry, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $53.31, median 4 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $24.25 – $110 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Physical & Theoretical (52), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 92% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 4 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $53.31 its median price beats 96% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Quantum Chemistry best sellers
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Advanced Computational Chemistry with Python: A Guide to Quantum Simulations and Machine Learning Potentials
by Livia Arden
- List rank#1
- Price$35.99
- Reviews-
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Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications
by Daan Frenkel
- List rank#2
- Price$89.05
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13
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Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics (Dover Books on Chemistry)
by Michael Tinkham
- List rank#3
- Price$20.51
- Rating4.7
- Reviews76
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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by John Polkinghorne
- List rank#4
- Price$10.79
- Rating4.4
- Reviews508
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Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, 290)
by John Conway
- List rank#5
- Price$66.83
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17
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Modern Quantum Chemistry: Introduction to Advanced Electronic Structure Theory (Dover Books on Chemistry)
by Attila Szabo
- List rank#6
- Price$27.19
- Rating4.8
- Reviews396
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Molecular Quantum Mechanics
by Peter W. Atkins
- List rank#7
- Price$76.97
- Rating4.2
- Reviews108
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Problems and Solutions in Quantum Chemistry and Physics (Dover Books on Chemistry)
by Charles S. Johnson Jr.
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10
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Atomic Spectra and Radiative Transitions (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 12)
by J.P. Toennis
- List rank#9
- Price$140
- Reviews-
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THE COSMIC CODE: A Journey to the Origin of the Universe (Cutting-Edge Sciences)
- List rank#10
- Price$18.48
- Rating4.3
- Reviews100
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Quantum Theory
FAQ
Is Quantum Chemistry a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4 reviews and sells for $53.31.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Quantum Chemistry?
The median best seller has 4 reviews, and 92% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Quantum Chemistry best sellers cost?
The median price is $53.31; half of the best sellers are priced between $24.25 and $110.
Can new books break into Quantum Chemistry?
3% 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.