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Special Topics (Medicine, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Special Topics (Medicine, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $29.74, median 32 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $21.00 – $40.23 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Medicine (338), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $29.74 its median price beats 88% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Special Topics best sellers
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Learn Medical Spanish For Healthcare Professionals: 7 Books in 1: Speak Medical Spanish in 30 Days!
- List rank#1
- Price$27.70
- Rating4.5
- Reviews282
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Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
by Edith Sheffer
- List rank#2
- Price$17.17
- Rating4.5
- Reviews341
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NREMT Study Guide: Complete Review + 2040 Questions and Detailed Answer Explanations for the EMT Exam (Exam Simulator + E-Learning Access)
by Newstone TP
- List rank#3
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews198
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Suture like a Surgeon: A Doctor’s Guide to Surgical Knots and Suturing Techniques used in the Departments of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Family Medicine
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,090
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The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
- List rank#5
- Price$10.65
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18,720
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
- List rank#6
- Price$14.72
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,287
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The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
by Roy Porter
- List rank#7
- Price$33.55
- Rating4.4
- Reviews226
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History of Madness
- List rank#8
- Price$36.84
- Rating4.5
- Reviews95
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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison
by Allen M. M. Hornblum
- List rank#9
- Price$37.19
- Rating4.5
- Reviews158
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Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
- List rank#10
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews441
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Special Topics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 32 reviews and sells for $29.74.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Special Topics?
The median best seller has 32 reviews, and 70% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Special Topics best sellers cost?
The median price is $29.74; half of the best sellers are priced between $21.00 and $40.23.
Can new books break into Special Topics?
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.