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Disaster: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Disaster, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 472 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $6.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 35% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Genre Fiction (43,946), one of the easier corners under it.
- 35% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Disaster best sellers
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EMP No Grid No Warning: An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,600
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EMP: The First Winter: An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.4
- Reviews4
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One Second After (A John Matherson Novel Book 1)
by William R. Forstchen
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews31,001
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THE NOAH PROJECT: BOOK 3 (In The As The Light Dies World)
by Sharon Thorne
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews9
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The Mechanic
by Ross Carson
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews628
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Echoes of the Dark Sun: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Dark Skies: A Kerrigan Survival Saga Book 1)
by Joseph Sackett
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,786
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EMP Silent Grid: An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,111
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Whisper Creek: A Thriller
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews712
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The Gray Man of the Middle East
by Ross Carson
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews88
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EMP No Power No Shelter: An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews439
FAQ
Is Disaster a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 472 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Disaster?
The median best seller has 472 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Disaster best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $6.99.
Can new books break into Disaster?
35% 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.