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Boat Building (Ships, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Boat Building (Ships, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.45, median 6 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.98 – $34.23 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Ships (480), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 88% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 6 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $13.98 to $34.23, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Boat Building best sellers
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Building a Strip Canoe, Second Edition, Revised & Expanded: Full-Sized Plans and Instructions for 8 Easy-To-Build, Field-Tested Canoes (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step; 100+ Photos & Illustrations
by Gil Gilpatrick
- List rank#1
- Price$23.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,005
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ZERO POINT FOUR: How U.S. Leadership In Maritime Will Secure America’s Future
by Rear Admiral James Watson USCG
- List rank#2
- Price$13.70
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12
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Marine Diesel Basics 1: Maintenance, Lay-Up, Winter Protection, Tropical Storage and Spring Recommission
by Dennison Berwick
- List rank#3
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews232
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Boat Building
by Howard Irving Chapelle
- List rank#4
- Price$83.89
- Rating4.9
- Reviews17
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The Aluminum Boat Repair Blueprint: The Definitive Manual for Diagnosing Damage, Mastering Welds, Replacing Rivets, and Executing Full Structural ... Metal Hulls (The DO-IT-YOURSELF Blueprint)
by Logan A. Pierce
- List rank#5
- Price$18.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Aprenda Teoría del Buque: Más de 150 Problemas y Ejercicios Resueltos Paso a Paso de Hidrostática y Estabilidad (Spanish Edition)
by Sr. JOSEP RAMON VIDAL BOSCH
- List rank#6
- Price$30
- Rating5.0
- Reviews9
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A Short History of Seafaring
by Brian Lavery
- List rank#7
- Price$15.20
- Rating4.5
- Reviews28
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Modern Boat Building
by Edwin Monk
- List rank#8
- Price$362
- Rating4.0
- Reviews4
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Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-O-War, 1600-1860
by John Harland
- List rank#9
- Price$60.53
- Rating4.7
- Reviews38
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Boatbuilding With Plywood
by Glenn L. Witt
- List rank#10
- Price$55
- Rating4.5
- Reviews103
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FAQ
Is Boat Building a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6 reviews and sells for $19.45.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Boat Building?
The median best seller has 6 reviews, and 91% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Boat Building best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.45; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.98 and $34.23.
Can new books break into Boat Building?
8% 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.