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Animal Care & Pets: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Animal Care & Pets, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.49, median 852 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $10.66 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11.0× those of the parent category Crafts, Hobbies & Home, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 852 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $10.66, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Animal Care & Pets best sellers
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Miles From Sensible: A Christian Thanksgiving Cozy Comedy with Four Grannies, a Road Trip, and a Mischievous Cavapoo (Granny Squad Holiday Capers)
by Gracie Gann
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews19
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The Dog Who Came to Stay: A Memoir
by Hal Borland
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,215
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Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats
by Georgia Dunn
- List rank#3
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.8
- Reviews952
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The Amazing Afterlife of Animals: Messages and Signs From Our Pets on the Other Side
by Karen A. Anderson
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,867
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Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About: A Memoir – A Tender Story of Fostering Rescue Pups and Finding Love in the Big City
by Isabel Klee
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,927
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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid
by Will Chesney
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,343
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Every Living Thing (All Creatures Great and Small Book 5)
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,769
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The Cat and The Moon - 33 Zen Stories: Slow Down, Calm the Mind, Relieve Stress, and Find Peace Now - Includes Reflections for Beginners (Zen Tales Book 1)
by Kai Tsukimi
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews565
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Bad Cats of History: True Tales of Feline Misconduct from 19th-Century Newspapers
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews10
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,319
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Pets & Animal Care
FAQ
Is Animal Care & Pets a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 852 reviews and sells for $7.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Animal Care & Pets?
The median best seller has 852 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Animal Care & Pets best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $10.66.
Can new books break into Animal Care & Pets?
12% 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.