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Environmental Economics (Economics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Environmental Economics (Economics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.48, median 450 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.85 – $18.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 101 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Economics (2,858), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 75% of Books categories: the median best seller has 450 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Environmental Economics best sellers
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Thinking in Systems: A Primer
- List rank#1
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,548
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Prodigal Summer: A Novel
- List rank#2
- Price$9.92
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,926
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Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
by Thea Riofrancos
- List rank#3
- Price$25.73
- Rating4.3
- Reviews23
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- List rank#4
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,977
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Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game
by Walker Deibel
- List rank#5
- Price$15.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,361
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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
- List rank#6
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,629
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by Eduardo Galeano
- List rank#8
- Price$12.64
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,562
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The Unsettling of America (50th Anniversary Edition): Culture and Agriculture
- List rank#9
- Price$19.84
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8
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Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
by Simon Pare-Poupart
- List rank#10
- Price$15.98
- Rating4.1
- Reviews423
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FAQ
Is Environmental Economics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 450 reviews and sells for $14.48.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Environmental Economics?
The median best seller has 450 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Environmental Economics best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.48; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.85 and $18.24.
Can new books break into Environmental Economics?
10% 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.