KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Unemployment: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Unemployment, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.66, median 11 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.50 – $29.83 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Economics (2,858), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 82% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 11 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.50 to $29.83, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Unemployment best sellers
-
Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (The University Center for Human Values Series)
by Elizabeth Anderson
- List rank#1
- Price$11.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews153
-
Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention
by Clara E. Mattei
- List rank#2
- Price$19.50
- Rating4.6
- Reviews75
-
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
by Studs Terkel
- List rank#3
- Price$26
- Rating4.5
- Reviews602
-
Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself (Entrepreneurship Simplified)
- List rank#4
- Price$31
- Rating4.7
- Reviews261
-
I WASTED $10K+ ON AI COURSES SO YOU DON'T: 2 Books in 1 — The Practical 9-Day System For Beginners I Wish I Had to Master Prompt Engineering & Start an Online Business or Side Hustle
by Tigran G. Voskanyan
- List rank#5
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews177
-
Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise
by Scott Rozelle
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews279
-
The Last Human Problem: Finding Purpose When AI Runs The World
by Joey Seeman
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews7
-
The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
by Philippe Aghion
- List rank#8
- Price$15
- Rating4.5
- Reviews262
-
Janesville: An American Story (A Business Award-Winner)
by Amy Goldstein
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,148
-
Back of the Hiring Line: A 200-Year History of Immigration Surges, Employer Bias, and Depression of Black Wealth
by Roy Beck
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews165
FAQ
Is Unemployment a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 11 reviews and sells for $19.66.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Unemployment?
The median best seller has 11 reviews, and 81% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Unemployment best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.66; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.50 and $29.83.
Can new books break into Unemployment?
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.