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Violence in Society (Social Sciences, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Violence in Society (Social Sciences, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.46, median 1,480 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.34 – $17.93 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 89% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,480 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 39% of the parent category Social Sciences (3,820), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Violence in Society best sellers
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The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
- List rank#1
- Price$22.10
- Rating4.6
- Reviews816
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
- List rank#2
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,859
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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy (James Patterson True Crime Book 3)
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,745
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook―What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
- List rank#4
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9,367
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Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
by Laura Bates
- List rank#5
- Price$9.17
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,334
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman
- List rank#6
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,929
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People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
by Dara Horn
- List rank#7
- Price$15.28
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,781
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Strung Up: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children
- List rank#8
- Price$28.42
- Rating5.0
- Reviews25
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The 33 Strategies of War (Joost Elffers Books)
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,456
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
by Christopher R. Browning
- List rank#10
- Price$11.98
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,396
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FAQ
Is Violence in Society a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,480 reviews and sells for $14.46.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Violence in Society?
The median best seller has 1,480 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Violence in Society best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.46; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.34 and $17.93.
Can new books break into Violence in Society?
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.