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Self-Harm: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Self-Harm, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.04, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).

18Opportunity / 100
$13.04Median price
30Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$12.14 – $15.97
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)1%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Social & Family Issues (12,280), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Self-Harm best sellers

  1. Girl in Pieces book cover by Kathleen Glasgow

    Girl in Pieces

    by Kathleen Glasgow

    • List rank#1
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews24,827

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  2. Wintergirls book cover by Laurie Halse Anderson

    Wintergirls

    by Laurie Halse Anderson

    • List rank#2
    • Price$7.67
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews3,254

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  3. It Only Hurts at First book cover by Allison Rogers

    It Only Hurts at First

    by Allison Rogers

    • List rank#3
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,628

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  4. Cut book cover by Patricia McCormick

    Cut

    by Patricia McCormick

    • List rank#4
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews900

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  5. Fitting Indian: A Graphic Novel – A Powerful Young Adult Story About Mental Health in a Tr book cover by Jyoti Chand

    Fitting Indian: A Graphic Novel – A Powerful Young Adult Story About Mental Health in a Traditional South Asian Family

    by Jyoti Chand

    • List rank#5
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews131

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  6. What it Takes to Lose book cover by Anne Taylor

    What it Takes to Lose

    by Anne Taylor

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews191

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  7. Beneath The Skin: A Novel book cover by Kyla Stone

    Beneath The Skin: A Novel

    by Kyla Stone

    • List rank#7
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews859

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  8. Scars book cover by Cheryl Rainfield

    Scars

    by Cheryl Rainfield

    • List rank#8
    • Price$0
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews772

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  9. A Trick of the Light: A Standalone YA Novel About One Male Teen's Fight for Control and Se book cover by Lois Metzger

    A Trick of the Light: A Standalone YA Novel About One Male Teen's Fight for Control and Self-Discovery

    by Lois Metzger

    • List rank#9
    • Price$11.16
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews100

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  10. DBT Workbook For Teens: A Complete Dialectical Behavior Therapy Toolkit | Essential Coping book cover by Barrett Huang

    DBT Workbook For Teens: A Complete Dialectical Behavior Therapy Toolkit | Essential Coping Skills and Practical Exercises To Help Teenagers & ... ADHD, Phobias & More (Mental Health Therapy)

    by Barrett Huang

    • List rank#10
    • Price$13.21
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews126

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FAQ

Is Self-Harm a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $13.04.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Self-Harm?

The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 79% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Self-Harm best sellers cost?

The median price is $13.04; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.14 and $15.97.

Can new books break into Self-Harm?

1% 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.