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Boating (Water Sports, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Boating (Water Sports, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.99, median 172 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.93 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 47% of the parent category Water Sports (364), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.93, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Boating best sellers
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews92,410
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The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,702
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Graceless : A Tropical Authors Novella (Tropical Adventure Series Book 1)
by Wayne Stinnett
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,347
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Maintenance of Everything: Part One (Maintenance: Of Everything Book 1)
by Stewart Brand
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews276
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Escape from the Ordinary (Escape Series Book 1)
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,572
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Voyage For Madmen, A: The Definitive True Story of the Golden Globe Race, Nine Sailors, and One Survivor
by Peter Nichols
- List rank#6
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,671
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Deep Devil (The Deep Series Book 4)
by Nick Sullivan
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,627
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Sabbatical: Harrison Steele Mystery
by Charles J Thayer
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews194
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A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
by Tori Murden McClure
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews515
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by Janet Howle
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews14
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FAQ
Is Boating a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 172 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Boating?
The median best seller has 172 reviews, and 46% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Boating best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.93.
Can new books break into Boating?
6% 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.