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Narratives (Sailing, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Narratives (Sailing, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.44, median 32 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.69 – $19.52 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Sailing (307), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Narratives best sellers
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And Then We Hit a Rock
by Greg Buenzli
- List rank#1
- Price$13.10
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7,929
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All Good, K.: Along the Way to Victory in the Golden Globe Race 2022
by Kirsten Neuschäfer
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews138
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Great Loop Escape (Escape Series Book 3)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews83
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The North Pole and Inner Earth Chronicles: The Smoky God: A Voyage to the Inner World + The Secret Diary of Admiral Richard E. Byrd | Two Books in One ... Earth, Inner Earth, Agartha, Flat Earth
by Admiral Richard E. Byrd
- List rank#4
- Price$10.77
- Rating4.5
- Reviews235
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Thicker Than Ice: A Sailing Family Finds Their Place at the Edge (Five Oceans)
by John Pennington
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews843
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Odysseys and Oddities: Maritime Memoirs of a Seafaring Captain (The Captain Frank H. Shaw Maritime History Series)
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews11
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Escape from the Ordinary (Escape Series)
- List rank#7
- Price$11.63
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,572
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SLOW SAILING: Philosophy for a Peaceful Sail. (Pocket Edition)
by Armando Canepa
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews34
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Phosphorescence
by Andrew Butler
- List rank#9
- Price$49.99
- Reviews-
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Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond - Sailing through life’s changing currents
by Lin Pardey
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews163
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FAQ
Is Narratives a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 32 reviews and sells for $15.44.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Narratives?
The median best seller has 32 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Narratives best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.44; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.69 and $19.52.
Can new books break into Narratives?
12% 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.