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Olympic Games: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Olympic Games, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.13, median 144 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.46 – $19.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Miscellaneous (1,415), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Olympic Games best sellers
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- List rank#1
- Price$10.12
- Rating4.6
- Reviews92,410
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When We Were Young and Fearless: Kevin, Russell, James, and the Making of the Modern NBA
by Jonathan Abrams
- List rank#2
- Price$30
- Reviews-
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The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised
by Arnold Schwarzenegger
- List rank#3
- Price$24.21
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,896
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With Winning in Mind 3rd. Ed.
by Lanny Bassham
- List rank#4
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,635
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
by Wayne Coffey
- List rank#5
- Price$10.39
- Rating4.7
- Reviews916
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David Halberstam on Sports: Summer of '49, October 1964, The Amateurs, Playing for Keeps
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews52
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Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
by Katie Ledecky
- List rank#7
- Price$12.55
- Rating4.7
- Reviews641
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Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
by Lopez Lomong
- List rank#8
- Price$9.57
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,496
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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
by David Maraniss
- List rank#9
- Price$9.78
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,337
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The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
by Kent Alexander
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews849
FAQ
Is Olympic Games a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 144 reviews and sells for $15.13.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Olympic Games?
The median best seller has 144 reviews, and 48% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Olympic Games best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.13; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.46 and $19.99.
Can new books break into Olympic Games?
3% 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.