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Apes & Monkeys (Animals, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Apes & Monkeys (Animals, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 98 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.19 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Animals (592), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.19, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Apes & Monkeys best sellers
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Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
by Dale Peterson
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews139
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Revelation: A Bigfoot Epic Fantasy (The Etera Chronicles Series One - Wrak-Ayya: The Age of Shadows Book 6)
by Leigh Roberts
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews598
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Contact: A Bigfoot Epic Fantasy (The Etera Chronicles Series One - Wrak-Ayya: The Age of Shadows Book 5)
by Leigh Roberts
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews539
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ANIMAL ATTACKS - Disturbing: True Stories of Fatal Encounters with Earth's Deadliest Predators (Savage Encounters)
by James Calloway
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews18
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A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI
by Max Bennett
- List rank#5
- Price-
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,375
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The Veritas Codex (The Veritas Codex Paranormal Thriller Series Book 1)
by Betsey Kulakowski
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews194
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Walking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet
by Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews157
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Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America
by Loren Coleman
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews318
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Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews441
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Rusty Wilson's Alaskan Bigfoot Campfire Stories (Rusty Wilson's Bigfoot Campfire Stories)
by Rusty Wilson
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews324
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FAQ
Is Apes & Monkeys a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 98 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Apes & Monkeys?
The median best seller has 98 reviews, and 50% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Apes & Monkeys best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.19.
Can new books break into Apes & Monkeys?
4% 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.