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Aviation & Nautical (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Aviation & Nautical (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 205 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Professionals & Academics (1,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Aviation & Nautical best sellers
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The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews55
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,046
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Race of Aces: WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
by John R Bruning
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,128
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F-14 Tomcat Pilot: A Naval Aviation Memoir of Flying Fighters from Phantoms to Hornets
by Phil Grandfield
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews157
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Through the Yellow Visor: The Life and (Mis)Adventures of a US Navy Fighter Pilot
by E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
- List rank#5
- Price$9.75
- Rating4.7
- Reviews926
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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,594
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Hercules: The action-packed Sunday Times bestselling account of flying the legendary RAF aircraft
by Scott Bateman
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews321
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Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews976
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Wind, Sand And Stars: An Amazing Autobiography About the Wonder of Flying from the Author of The Little Prince (Harvest Book)
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,457
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Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure—The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles
by Robin L. Graham
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,563
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FAQ
Is Aviation & Nautical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 205 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Aviation & Nautical?
The median best seller has 205 reviews, and 32% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Aviation & Nautical best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Aviation & Nautical?
5% 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.