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Natural Resource Extraction (Energy & Mining, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Natural Resource Extraction (Energy & Mining, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $24.10, median 13 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $16.85 – $34.92 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Energy & Mining (87), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 79% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 13 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $24.10 its median price beats 83% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Natural Resource Extraction best sellers
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Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
by Thea Riofrancos
- List rank#1
- Price$15.91
- Rating4.3
- Reviews23
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The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
by Javier Blas
- List rank#2
- Price$13.40
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,312
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Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
by Kate Crawford
- List rank#3
- Price$12.17
- Rating4.4
- Reviews576
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The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom
by James Green
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews355
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From Tehran to the Permian: Leading the Shale Revolution and My Fight for Energy Independence
by Scott Sheffield
- List rank#5
- Price$30.71
- Reviews-
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Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
by Steve Coll
- List rank#6
- Price$25.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews868
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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
by Kurt Eichenwald
- List rank#7
- Price$30.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews785
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
by Siddharth Kara
- List rank#8
- Price$15.51
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,468
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The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
by Ernest Scheyder
- List rank#9
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews398
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Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America
by Darren Dochuk
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews54
FAQ
Is Natural Resource Extraction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 13 reviews and sells for $24.10.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Natural Resource Extraction?
The median best seller has 13 reviews, and 81% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Natural Resource Extraction best sellers cost?
The median price is $24.10; half of the best sellers are priced between $16.85 and $34.92.
Can new books break into Natural Resource Extraction?
10% 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.