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Science & Math (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Science & Math (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.49, median 1,038 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $12.37 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,038 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.99 to $12.37, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Science & Math best sellers
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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Love Your Gut: Supercharge Your Digestive Health and Transform Your Well-Being from the Inside Out
by Megan Rossi
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews311
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
- List rank#5
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,996
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Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body
- List rank#6
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews593
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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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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13,966
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The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
by David Spiegelhalter
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,165
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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,074
Subcategories
- History & Philosophy31
- Physics29
- Experiments, Instruments & Measurement28
- Reference28
- Chemistry28
- Biological Sciences27
- Education27
- Environment27
- Nature & Ecology27
- Evolution26
- Earth Sciences26
- Agricultural Sciences25
- Astronomy & Space Science25
- Technology25
- Genetics25
- Mathematics24
- Ethics24
- Essays & Commentary23
- Behavioral Sciences21
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FAQ
Is Science & Math a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,038 reviews and sells for $6.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Science & Math?
The median best seller has 1,038 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Science & Math best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $12.37.
Can new books break into Science & Math?
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.