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Social Scientists & Psychologists (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Social Scientists & Psychologists (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 88 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $10.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Professionals & Academics (1,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- 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.
Top 10 Social Scientists & Psychologists best sellers
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- List rank#1
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews51,836
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,703
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
- List rank#3
- Price$9.21
- Rating4.4
- Reviews12,113
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Martin Eden
by Jack London
- List rank#4
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.2
- Reviews931
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life
by Catherine Gray
- List rank#5
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,317
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The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
by Jon Ronson
- List rank#6
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews12,124
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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
by Elyn R. Saks
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,560
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Psychotherapy without the Self: A Buddhist Perspective
by Mark Epstein
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews47
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience
by Michael S. Gazzaniga
- List rank#9
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.1
- Reviews260
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Carl Jung: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Psychologists Book 2)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews72
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FAQ
Is Social Scientists & Psychologists a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 88 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Social Scientists & Psychologists?
The median best seller has 88 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Social Scientists & Psychologists best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $10.95.
Can new books break into Social Scientists & Psychologists?
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.