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Mountaineering (Sports & Outdoors, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Mountaineering (Sports & Outdoors, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 354 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Sports & Outdoors (2,573), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 354 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Mountaineering best sellers
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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,377
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Touching the Void
by Joe Simpson
- List rank#3
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,670
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Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map
by Rick Ridgeway
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews603
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The Ultimate Book of Everyday Knots
by Geoffrey Budworth
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,754
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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 — A Dramatic Account of the Worst K2 Climbing Disaster
by Graham Bowley
- List rank#6
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,356
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Ascent Into Hell: Mount Everest
by Fergus White
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,010
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The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest
by Ed Caesar
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,329
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
by Nando Parrado
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,266
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Meshtastic: A Comprehensive Guide to Off-Grid Mesh Communication: Second Edition (Off-Grid Radio Series)
- List rank#10
- Price$7.77
- Rating4.3
- Reviews125
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FAQ
Is Mountaineering a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 354 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mountaineering?
The median best seller has 354 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mountaineering best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Mountaineering?
8% 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.