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Engineering & Transportation (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Engineering & Transportation (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.08, median 380 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 26% of the parent category Nonfiction (1,466), one of the easier corners under it.
- 21% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 380 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Engineering & Transportation best sellers
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- List rank#1
- Price$9.40
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,096
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Prepare Your Home for a Sudden Grid-Down Situation: Take Self-Reliance to the Next Level with Proven Methods and Strategies to Survive a Grid-Down Crisis ... Modern Family to Prepare for Any Crisis)
by Ted Riley
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,460
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The Wreck of the Medusa
by Jonathan Miles
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews118
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The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
by Kevin Roose
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews177
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Off Grid Survival Book: Diy Survival Project Book - No Grid Survival Guide
by Fenix Publishing
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews374
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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews944
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
by Brian Merchant
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews293
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
by Jimmy Soni
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews909
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The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews55
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews27,764
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Engineering & Transportation
FAQ
Is Engineering & Transportation a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 380 reviews and sells for $9.08.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Engineering & Transportation?
The median best seller has 380 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Engineering & Transportation best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.08; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Engineering & Transportation?
21% 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.