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Environmental Science (Earth Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Environmental Science (Earth Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.25, median 292 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.74 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $10.25 its median price beats 89% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 292 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Environmental Science best sellers
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Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth
by Curt Stager
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews81
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Scientific American September 2026
- List rank#2
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13
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Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future
by Amina Khan
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews18
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Scientific American October 2026
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,174
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Scientific American June 2026
- List rank#6
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews42
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
by Marc Reisner
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,441
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World (Mysteries of Nature Book 1)
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,832
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Memoir of Nature, Observation, and the Seasons in Virginia
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,530
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
by Amitav Ghosh
- List rank#10
- Price$11.07
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,295
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FAQ
Is Environmental Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 292 reviews and sells for $10.25.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Environmental Science?
The median best seller has 292 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Environmental Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.25; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.74 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Environmental Science?
5% 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.