Professionals & Academics — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Biographies & Memoirs best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 38.5/100.
Category metrics
Score
38.5
Median reviews
2,317.5
Weak share (top 20)
15%
Median price
$8.99
Median star rating
4.6
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Professionals & Academics is between the extremes: 15% of the top 20 is under 100 reviews against a median of 2317.5, so entry depends on the specific sub-genre and your launch strength. Read the breakout books below before judging. Ease-of-entry score 38.5/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Naturalist 25th Anniversary Edition | 4.6 | 27 | $1.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| 25th anniversary | 2 | 91 |
| cold war | 2 | 78 |
| elon musk | 2 | 52 |
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More Biographies & Memoirs categories
14 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 47.5 | 2074.5 |
| █████ | 46.0 | 463.5 |
| █████ | 43.5 | 105.5 |
| █████ | 42.5 | 282 |
| █████ | 42.0 | 651.5 |
| █████ | 40.0 | 3131 |
| █████ | 40.0 | 890.5 |
| █████ | 37.0 | 1735 |
| █████ | 35.0 | 286.5 |
| █████ | 33.5 | 1337 |
| █████ | 19.5 | 212 |
| █████ | 12.0 | 172 |
| █████ | 9.5 | 368 |
| █████ | 3.5 | 978.5 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.