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Adventure (Action & Adventure, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Adventure (Action & Adventure, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 1,585 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).

29Opportunity / 100
$4.99Median price
1,585Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $9.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)38%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • 38% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 92% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,585 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 29% of the parent category Action & Adventure (5,539), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Adventure best sellers

  1. House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City Book 1) book cover by Sarah J. Maas

    House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City Book 1)

    by Sarah J. Maas

    • List rank#1
    • Price$9.49
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews183,951

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  2. The Martian: A Novel book cover by Andy Weir

    The Martian: A Novel

    by Andy Weir

    • List rank#2
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews188,308

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  3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition book cover by Douglas Adams

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    by Douglas Adams

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews30,923

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  4. Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1) book cover by Pierce Brown

    Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1)

    by Pierce Brown

    • List rank#4
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews114,612

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  5. Unexpected Visitor book cover by John Walker

    Unexpected Visitor

    by John Walker

    • List rank#5
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews12

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  6. Recursion: A Novel book cover by Blake Crouch

    Recursion: A Novel

    by Blake Crouch

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews41,640

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  7. Golden Son (Red Rising Book 2) book cover by Pierce Brown

    Golden Son (Red Rising Book 2)

    by Pierce Brown

    • List rank#7
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews81,774

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  8. Privateer's Commission 3 book cover by Randi Darren

    Privateer's Commission 3

    by Randi Darren

    • List rank#8
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews44

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  9. Morning Star (Red Rising Series Book 3) book cover by Pierce Brown

    Morning Star (Red Rising Series Book 3)

    by Pierce Brown

    • List rank#9
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews62,292

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  10. Project Hail Mary: A Novel book cover by Andy Weir

    Project Hail Mary: A Novel

    by Andy Weir

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews286,255

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FAQ

Is Adventure a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,585 reviews and sells for $4.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Adventure?

The median best seller has 1,585 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Adventure best sellers cost?

The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.

Can new books break into Adventure?

38% 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.