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Sociology (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Sociology (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,873 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,873 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Sociology best sellers
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,942
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The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,445
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
- List rank#3
- Price$11.38
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,287
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The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to Jon Benet Ramsey, The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds New Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Away
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,841
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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
by Andrew Solomon
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,125
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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120,214
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Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews61
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The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It
by Arindrajit Dube
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews12
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Mortality
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,307
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Sociology a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,873 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Sociology?
The median best seller has 1,873 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Sociology best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Sociology?
12% 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.