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Boats & Ships (Cars, Trains & Things That Go, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Boats & Ships (Cars, Trains & Things That Go, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 180 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $8.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- 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 $3.99 to $8.95, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Boats & Ships best sellers
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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived #1)
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,368
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Snug Harbor Stories: A Wallace the Brave Collection! (Volume 2)
by Will Henry
- List rank#2
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.9
- Reviews329
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Can You Survive the Titanic? (You Choose: Survival)
by Allison Lassieur
- List rank#3
- Price$6.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews339
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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphic Novel #1) (I Survived Graphix)
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,705
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Titanicat (True Stories)
by Marty Crisp
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews132
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A Lion to Guard Us
by Clyde Robert Bulla
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews698
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews19,156
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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Things That Go: All About Planes, Trains, Cars, and Vehicles That Take You from Here to There! (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books)
by Karen de Seve
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews840
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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#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,563
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Slaves of Socorro (The Brotherband Chronicles Book 4)
- List rank#10
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,424
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FAQ
Is Boats & Ships a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 180 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Boats & Ships?
The median best seller has 180 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Boats & Ships best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $8.95.
Can new books break into Boats & Ships?
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.