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Golf (Biographies, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Golf (Biographies, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.99, median 177 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 17/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Biographies (1,524), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $10.99 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Golf best sellers
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A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course
by Tom Coyne
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews948
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So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game
by Rick Reilly
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,220
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
by Jon Krakauer
- List rank#3
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,525
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Together We Roared: Alongside Tiger for His Epic Twelve-Year, Thirteen-Majors Run – A Behind-the-Scenes Golf Memoir of Winning and Friendship
by Steve Williams
- List rank#4
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews638
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Breathe: A Life in Flow – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Martial Arts and Personal Growth
by Rickson Gracie
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,167
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Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry
by Ian O'Connor
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews288
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The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever
by Mark Frost
- List rank#7
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,718
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Rory: The Heartache and Triumph of Golf's Most Human Superstar
by Alan Shipnuck
- List rank#8
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews779
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Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
by Frank Brady
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews981
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Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
by Jerry Kramer
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews543
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FAQ
Is Golf a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 17/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 177 reviews and sells for $10.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Golf?
The median best seller has 177 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Golf best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Golf?
3% 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.