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Pirates (Teen & Young Adult › Action & Adventure, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Pirates (Teen & Young Adult › Action & Adventure, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.14, median 376 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.61 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Action & Adventure (15,512), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 376 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Pirates best sellers
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Cursebreaker (Nightweaver Book 3)
by R. M. Gray
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews100
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The System Seas: A LitRPG Adventure
by R.C. Joshua
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews107
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Moby Dick: The Original 1851 Unabridged Edition (A Herman Melville Classic Novel)
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,189
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Becoming Hook: A Villainous Peter Pan Retelling (Legends of Neverland Book 1)
by Mary Mecham
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews774
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Daughter of the Pirate King
by Tricia Levenseller
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,016
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Nightweaver
by R. M. Gray
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews749
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Moby Dick
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews16,888
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From Tormented Tides (Tormented Tides series Book 1)
by Val E. Lane
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,193
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Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King Book 2)
by Tricia Levenseller
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,465
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Dread Pirate Arcanist (Frith Chronicles Book 2)
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,181
FAQ
Is Pirates a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 376 reviews and sells for $6.14.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Pirates?
The median best seller has 376 reviews, and 26% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Pirates best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.14; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.61.
Can new books break into Pirates?
5% 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.