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Urban & Regional (Economics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Urban & Regional (Economics, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $20.95, median 34 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.62 – $29.57 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Economics (2,858), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Urban & Regional best sellers
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Discrimination and Disparities
- List rank#1
- Price$14
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,363
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The Opportunity Map: How to Close the Divide Between Inequality and Prosperity
by Jeremy Ney
- List rank#2
- Price$29.82
- Reviews-
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Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
by Charles L. Marohn Jr.
- List rank#3
- Price$15.60
- Rating4.8
- Reviews782
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
by Kim Phillips-Fein
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews208
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The Art of Community (Second Edition): 7 Principles for Belonging
by Charles H. Vogl
- List rank#5
- Price$14.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews337
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PowerNomics : The National Plan to Empower Black America
by Dr. Claud Anderson
- List rank#6
- Price$27
- Rating4.9
- Reviews4,509
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Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America's Most Overlooked Resource
by Michael Pollack
- List rank#7
- Price$35
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6
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Start in Your Own Backyard: Transforming Where We Live with Radical Common Sense
by Steve Nygren
- List rank#8
- Price$21.37
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14
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Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource
by David Sedlak
- List rank#9
- Price$19
- Rating4.5
- Reviews235
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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
by Charles Montgomery
- List rank#10
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,159
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Urban & Regional
FAQ
Is Urban & Regional a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 34 reviews and sells for $20.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Urban & Regional?
The median best seller has 34 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Urban & Regional best sellers cost?
The median price is $20.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.62 and $29.57.
Can new books break into Urban & Regional?
6% 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.