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Surgery (Medicine, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Surgery (Medicine, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $19.18, median 102 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 38/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.09 – $65.31 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Medicine (2,999), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.09 to $65.31, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Surgery best sellers
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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- List rank#1
- Price$10.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120,214
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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
- List rank#2
- Price$15.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,999
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,234
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Surgery Recovery Activity Book for Women: A Funny Get Well Soon Gift with Word Search, Crossword, Sudoku, Mazes, Trivia, Riddles, Cryptograms, Coloring Pages, and Solutions Included
by Golden Tree Publishing
- List rank#4
- Price$17.56
- Rating4.8
- Reviews150
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Surgery Recovery Activity Book, Be Still Not Stuck: A Thoughtful Surgery Recovery Gift with Relaxing, Low-Pressure Activities to Make Healing a Little ... and More (Surgery Recovery Gift Books)
by Sunny Wilder
- List rank#5
- Price$14.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews138
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Medical Terminology: The Best and Most Effective Way to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms: Second Edition
by David Andersson
- List rank#6
- Price$14.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,045
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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- List rank#7
- Price$10.26
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,915
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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
by Mary Roach
- List rank#8
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,491
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Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure
by Jamie Koufman
- List rank#9
- Price$22
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,916
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
by Atul Gawande
- List rank#10
- Price$9.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,023
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FAQ
Is Surgery a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 38/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 102 reviews and sells for $19.18.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Surgery?
The median best seller has 102 reviews, and 49% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Surgery best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.18; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.09 and $65.31.
Can new books break into Surgery?
9% 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.