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Coal: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Coal, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $66.95, median 1 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $28.49 – $125 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 98 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Fossil Fuels (16), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 99% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 1 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $66.95 its median price beats 98% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Coal best sellers
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Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less
by Alex Epstein
- List rank#1
- Price$15
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,963
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Energy: A Human History
by Richard Rhodes
- List rank#2
- Price$26.63
- Rating4.3
- Reviews543
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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews884
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The Green and the Black: The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of Energy
by Gary Sernovitz
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews101
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Superpower: One Man's Quest to Transform American Energy
by Russell Gold
- List rank#5
- Price$20
- Rating4.6
- Reviews201
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Coal
by Barbara Freese
- List rank#6
- Price$17.44
- Rating4.3
- Reviews245
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Until the Last Ton: Fossil Fuels in India from Empire to the Climate Crisis
by Matthew Shutzer
- List rank#7
- Price$39.95
- Reviews-
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A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow
by Joshua S. Goldstein
- List rank#8
- Price$14.92
- Rating4.5
- Reviews214
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No Good Alternative: Volume Two of Carbon Ideologies
by William T. Vollmann
- List rank#9
- Price$20
- Rating4.4
- Reviews34
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Home Fires: How Americans Kept Warm in the Nineteenth Century (How Things Worked)
by Sean Patrick Adams
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews11
FAQ
Is Coal a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1 reviews and sells for $66.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Coal?
The median best seller has 1 reviews, and 90% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Coal best sellers cost?
The median price is $66.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $28.49 and $125.
Can new books break into Coal?
2% 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.