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Insects & Spiders (Animals, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Insects & Spiders (Animals, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 91 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $14.44 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Animals (592), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 14 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Insects & Spiders best sellers
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Planet of the Ants: The Hidden Worlds and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors
by Susanne Foitzik
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews343
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Honey: Recipes From a Beekeeper's Kitchen
by Amy Newsome
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews61
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
by Timothy C. Winegard
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,114
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Ants: Workers of the World
by Eleanor Spicer Rice
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews241
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees – A Touching Nonfiction Autobiography About a Grandfather and His Hive
by Meredith May
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,673
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A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich
by Bernd Heinrich
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews135
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The Book of Caterpillars: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World
by David G. James
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews114
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The Pet Jumping Spiders: A Jumping Spider Guide for Beginners Including Their Evolutionary History, Anatomy, Species, Enclosures, caring for, Feeding, Breeding, Handling, And Behavior
by Joe A. Morgan
- List rank#8
- Price$4
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13
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The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden
by Kim Flottum
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,817
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Fabre's Book of Insects: Enriched edition. Exploring the Intricate World of Insect Behavior and Anatomy in Nature Writing
by Jean-Henri Fabre
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
Same niche in Books: Insects & Spiders
FAQ
Is Insects & Spiders a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 91 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Insects & Spiders?
The median best seller has 91 reviews, and 53% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Insects & Spiders best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $14.44.
Can new books break into Insects & Spiders?
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.