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Urban (Sociology, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Urban (Sociology, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.99, median 536 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.44 – $17.93 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Sociology (5,749), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Books categories: the median best seller has 536 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Urban 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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Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City
- List rank#2
- Price$21.19
- Rating4.2
- Reviews61
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
- List rank#3
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31,548
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The Power Broker (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
- List rank#4
- Price$16.47
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,218
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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by Brian Goldstone
- List rank#5
- Price$16.25
- Rating4.6
- Reviews893
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
by Katherine Boo
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10,128
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Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
by Simon Pare-Poupart
- List rank#7
- Price$15.98
- Rating4.1
- Reviews423
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
- List rank#8
- Price$9.41
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,709
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An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
by Laura Schroff
- List rank#9
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,361
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The Cross and the Switchblade
by David Wilkerson
- List rank#10
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,622
FAQ
Is Urban a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 536 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Urban?
The median best seller has 536 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Urban best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.44 and $17.93.
Can new books break into Urban?
8% 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.