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Substance Abuse (Teen & Young Adult › Literature & Fiction › Personal Health, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Substance Abuse (Teen & Young Adult › Literature & Fiction › Personal Health, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 280 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.61 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 36% of the parent category Personal Health (770), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 280 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Substance Abuse best sellers
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,039
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Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews11,550
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Go Ask Alice (Anonymous Diaries)
by Anonymous
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,605
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Crank
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,253
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All My Rage: A Novel
by Sabaa Tahir
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,941
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Heroine: A Visceral YA Novel About a Softball Star's Painkiller Addiction
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews948
FAQ
Is Substance Abuse a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 280 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Substance Abuse?
The median best seller has 280 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Substance Abuse best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.61 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Substance Abuse?
3% 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.