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Outdoors & Nature: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Outdoors & Nature, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.34, median 1,322 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).

24Opportunity / 100
$9.34Median price
1,322Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $12.29
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,322 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.29, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Outdoors & Nature best sellers

  1. Blue Pastures book cover by Mary Oliver

    Blue Pastures

    by Mary Oliver

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews66

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  2. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster book cover by Joseph  Alton M.D.

    The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster

    by Joseph Alton M.D.

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews3,393

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  3. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating book cover by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

    The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

    by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews3,106

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  4. Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems book cover by Mary Oliver

    Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems

    by Mary Oliver

    • List rank#4
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews550

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  5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants book cover by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews23,680

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  6. Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills  book cover by Dave Canterbury

    Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)

    by Dave Canterbury

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews25,773

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  7. Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide: Food, Shelter, Security, Off-the-Grid Power and More L book cover by Jim Cobb

    Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide: Food, Shelter, Security, Off-the-Grid Power and More Life-Saving Strategies for Self-Sufficient Living (Books for Preppers)

    by Jim Cobb

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews8,333

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  8. SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere book cover by John 'Lofty' Wiseman

    SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere

    by John 'Lofty' Wiseman

    • List rank#8
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews8,377

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  9. Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon book cover by Yossi Ghinsberg

    Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon

    by Yossi Ghinsberg

    • List rank#9
    • Price$4.95
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews3,533

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  10. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to th book cover by Bill Bryson

    A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)

    by Bill Bryson

    • List rank#10
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews26,953

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FAQ

Is Outdoors & Nature a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,322 reviews and sells for $9.34.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Outdoors & Nature?

The median best seller has 1,322 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Outdoors & Nature best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.34; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.29.

Can new books break into Outdoors & Nature?

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.