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Social Issues (People & Places, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Social Issues (People & Places, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 217 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Social Issues best sellers
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The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail (Life's Challenges)
by Melissa Higgins
- List rank#1
- Price$6.95
- Rating4.1
- Reviews835
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Helen Keller (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
by Kitson Jazynka
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews245
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Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability
by Shane Burcaw
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews252
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Be a Better Babysitter (Reading Rocks! Book 1252)
by Annie Buckley
- List rank#4
- Price$17.07
- Rating3.0
- Reviews1
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The Calm Down Jar: A Social Emotional, Rhyming, Early Reader Kid's Book to Help Calm Anger and Anxiety (Teacher Tools 1)
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews130
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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)
by Trevor Noah
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,391
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For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books)
by Rebecca Langston-George
- List rank#7
- Price$7.17
- Rating4.7
- Reviews363
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio)
by Emma E. Haldy
- List rank#8
- Price$12.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews51
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Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)
- List rank#9
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,612
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Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book)
by Jacqueline Woodson
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,037
FAQ
Is Social Issues a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 217 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Social Issues?
The median best seller has 217 reviews, and 33% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Social Issues best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Social Issues?
5% 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.