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Nuclear (Engineering, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Nuclear (Engineering, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 20 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.33 – $14.57 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Engineering (366), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 72% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 20 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $6.33 to $14.57, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Nuclear best sellers
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews12,185
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Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons
by Sarah Scoles
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews78
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Thorium-Powered Abundance: Fuel for Bold Space Exploration, Sustainable Energy, Plentiful Freshwater, Thriving Agriculture
by Michael Lee Anderson
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews14
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After the Flash: A Modern Guide to Nuclear Survival
by Mark Rush
- List rank#4
- Price$9.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews61
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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
by Ken Silverstein
- List rank#5
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews338
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Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews840
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Three Mile Island (Images of America)
by Erik V. Fasick
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews11
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Voices from Chernobyl (Lannan Selection)
by Svetlana Alexievich
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,810
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The Chernobyl Disaster: A History from Beginning to End (History of Ukraine)
- List rank#9
- Price$0
- Rating4.2
- Reviews711
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No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies
by William T. Vollmann
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews65
FAQ
Is Nuclear a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 20 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Nuclear?
The median best seller has 20 reviews, and 79% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Nuclear best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.33 and $14.57.
Can new books break into Nuclear?
6% 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.