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Outdoor Cooking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Outdoor Cooking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $15.77, median 584 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).

30Opportunity / 100
$15.77Median price
584Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$12.43 – $19.99
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)8%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category Cookbooks, Food & Wine (1,806), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Books categories: the median best seller has 584 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Outdoor Cooking best sellers

  1. The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild (Bushcraft Survi book cover by Dave Canterbury

    The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)

    by Dave Canterbury

    • List rank#1
    • Price$10.50
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,194

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  2. ArnieTex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ book cover by Arnie Segovia

    ArnieTex: Over 100 Recipes for Mexican-American Cooking and Texas-Style BBQ

    by Arnie Segovia

    • List rank#2
    • Price$23.28
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,186

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  3. The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 1: Big Game book cover by Steven Rinella

    The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 1: Big Game

    by Steven Rinella

    • List rank#3
    • Price$17.26
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews6,205

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  4. The Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering: How to Prepare Any Animal or Bird for the Table or  book cover by Monte Burch

    The Ultimate Guide to Home Butchering: How to Prepare Any Animal or Bird for the Table or Freezer

    by Monte Burch

    • List rank#4
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews722

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  5. Pete the Cat: Out of This World: Includes Over 30 Stickers! – An Exciting Cat-Stronaut Spa book cover by James Dean

    Pete the Cat: Out of This World: Includes Over 30 Stickers! – An Exciting Cat-Stronaut Space Adventure Story

    by James Dean

    • List rank#5
    • Price$5.05
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews5,682

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  6. Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion book cover by Maegan Brown

    Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion

    by Maegan Brown

    • List rank#6
    • Price$10.48
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews11,380

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  7. The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook: Recipes and Techniques for Every Hunter and Angler book cover by Steven Rinella

    The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook: Recipes and Techniques for Every Hunter and Angler

    by Steven Rinella

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.43
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews13,822

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  8. Bushcraft Illustrated: A Visual Guide (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series) book cover by Dave Canterbury

    Bushcraft Illustrated: A Visual Guide (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)

    by Dave Canterbury

    • List rank#8
    • Price$19.77
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,375

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  9. Pony Scouts: The Camping Trip: An Outdoors Vacation Story for Children (Ages 4-8) (I Can R book cover by Catherine Hapka

    Pony Scouts: The Camping Trip: An Outdoors Vacation Story for Children (Ages 4-8) (I Can Read Level 2)

    by Catherine Hapka

    • List rank#9
    • Price$4.07
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,421

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  10. The Dangerous Book for Boys book cover by Conn Iggulden

    The Dangerous Book for Boys

    by Conn Iggulden

    • List rank#10
    • Price$15.54
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,416

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Subcategories

Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Outdoor Cooking

FAQ

Is Outdoor Cooking a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 584 reviews and sells for $15.77.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Outdoor Cooking?

The median best seller has 584 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Outdoor Cooking best sellers cost?

The median price is $15.77; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.43 and $19.99.

Can new books break into Outdoor Cooking?

8% 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.