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Disaster Relief (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Disaster Relief (Social Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.97, median 280 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.49 – $12.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Social Sciences (1,597), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 280 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Disaster Relief best sellers
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,594
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The New Prepper's Survival Bible: The Definitive Long-Term Survival Guide to Be Prepared for Every Scenario. With Life-Saving Techniques, Home-Defense Strategies, Stockpiling, Canning & More
by Joseph D. Connelly
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews192
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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,377
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews12,185
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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina
by Chris Rose
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews369
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl—A National Book Award Winner
by Timothy Egan
- List rank#6
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,474
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The Practical Prepper’s Survival Bible: Your Complete Guide To Crisis Preparation With 100+ No Grid Survival Projects, Homesteading, Canning, Off Grid Living, Medicine, Water Filtration & More
by Cole Barrett
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews602
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The Dark Secrets of SHTF Survival: The Brutal Truth About Violence, Death, & Mayhem You Must Know to Survive
by Selco Begovic
- List rank#8
- Price$9.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews751
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Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
by R. A. Scotti
- List rank#9
- Price$10.44
- Rating4.4
- Reviews902
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,672
Same niche in Books: Disaster Relief
FAQ
Is Disaster Relief a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 280 reviews and sells for $9.97.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Disaster Relief?
The median best seller has 280 reviews, and 34% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Disaster Relief best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.49 and $12.74.
Can new books break into Disaster Relief?
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.