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Disaster & Recovery (System Administration, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Disaster & Recovery (System Administration, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 13 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.99 – $31.32 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 13 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $6.99 to $31.32, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Disaster & Recovery best sellers
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The Ultimate Navy SEAL's Home Defense Survival Guide: How to Stay Safe in Your Home During Any Crisis with Advanced Military Strategies
by DYLAN MORSE
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews106
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The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data (The Phoenix Project)
by Gene Kim
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,837
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The Digital Prepper: IT Resilience When the Grid Goes Dark
by Jeff Blacksmith
- List rank#3
- Price$6.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Blue Team Handbook: SOC, SIEM, and Threat Hunting: Practical Techniques for Security Operations and Threat Hunting Teams
by Don Murdoch
- List rank#4
- Price$61.44
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook: An architect's guide to designing, building, and defending the modern enterprise
by Lester Nichols
- List rank#5
- Price$31.19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8
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The Ethical Nightmare Challenge: How to Avoid the Worst of AI
by Reid Blackman
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews55
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals
by Susan Snedaker
- List rank#7
- Price$55.16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews52
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Practical Doomsday: A User's Guide to the End of the World
by Michal Zalewski
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews91
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Implementing Service Level Objectives: A Practical Guide to SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets
by Alex Hidalgo
- List rank#9
- Price$26.34
- Rating4.6
- Reviews92
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Cracking the Cuckoo’s Egg: The untold story of tracking and finding Karl Koch a.k.a.”Hagbard” of the Chaos Computer Club
by Greg Chartrand
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews12
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FAQ
Is Disaster & Recovery a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 13 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Disaster & Recovery?
The median best seller has 13 reviews, and 90% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Disaster & Recovery best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $31.32.
Can new books break into Disaster & Recovery?
12% 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.