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Geography (Earth Sciences, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Geography (Earth Sciences, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.99, median 637 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).

28Opportunity / 100
$14.99Median price
637Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$12.75 – $24.98
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)10%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 43% of the parent category Earth Sciences (1,495), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 79% of Books categories: the median best seller has 637 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Geography best sellers

  1. History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map) book cover by DK

    History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map)

    by DK

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews8,663

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  2. Unexpected Human Kindness: MapTap Book 1 book cover by John Donham

    Unexpected Human Kindness: MapTap Book 1

    by John Donham

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews2

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  3. Maps, Annotated: The World's 300 Greatest Maps Explained book cover by DK

    Maps, Annotated: The World's 300 Greatest Maps Explained

    by DK

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews13

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  4. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Politics of Plac book cover by Tim Marshall

    Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (Politics of Place)

    by Tim Marshall

    • List rank#4
    • Price$10.26
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews6,511

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  5. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America book cover by Colin Woodard

    American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

    by Colin Woodard

    • List rank#5
    • Price$10.51
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews5,399

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  6. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World book cover by Peter Frankopan

    The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

    by Peter Frankopan

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.12
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews9,865

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  7. True North: On the Road in Canada – An Acclaimed Memoir of Landscapes, Ancestral Connectio book cover by Paul Theroux

    True North: On the Road in Canada – An Acclaimed Memoir of Landscapes, Ancestral Connections, and Cultural Identity

    by Paul Theroux

    • List rank#7
    • Price$25.60
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews76

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  8. Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers) book cover by Jerry Brotton

    Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained (DK History Changers)

    by Jerry Brotton

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.15
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,210

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  9. Scientific American September 2026 book cover by Scientific American

    Scientific American September 2026

    by Scientific American

    • List rank#9
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews13

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  10. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of H book cover by Dava Sobel

    Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

    by Dava Sobel

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews8,407

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Subcategories

Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Geography

FAQ

Is Geography a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 637 reviews and sells for $14.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Geography?

The median best seller has 637 reviews, and 24% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Geography best sellers cost?

The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.75 and $24.98.

Can new books break into Geography?

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.