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Mountains (Nature & Ecology, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Mountains (Nature & Ecology, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 90 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.80 – $13.71 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Nature & Ecology (1,034), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 35, 15 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 Mountains best sellers
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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
by Peter Zuckerman
- List rank#2
- Price$9.21
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,639
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
- List rank#3
- Price$7.76
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,159
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Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator
by Kevin Grange
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews268
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North Carolina Waterfalls
by Kevin Adams
- List rank#5
- Price$8.89
- Rating4.9
- Reviews459
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Himalaya: A Human History
by Ed Douglas
- List rank#6
- Price$14.25
- Rating4.4
- Reviews397
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The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd
- List rank#7
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews97
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster (Picador Collection)
by Jon Krakauer
- List rank#8
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26,225
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Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard
by Zenas Leonard
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2,016
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The Ascent of Nanda Devi: I believe we so far forgot ourselves as to shake hands on it (H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition Book 3)
by H.W. Tilman
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews102
Same niche in Books: Mountains
FAQ
Is Mountains a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 90 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mountains?
The median best seller has 90 reviews, and 53% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mountains best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.80 and $13.71.
Can new books break into Mountains?
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.