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Racing (Horses, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Racing (Horses, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 126 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.93 – $10.65 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- The same niche in Books scores 30, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its median reviews are 46% of the parent category Horses (274), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Racing best sellers
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Out of the Gate: An Origin Story Novella (Gold Rush Ranch Book 1.5)
by Elsie Silver
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews5,762
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The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, The Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel
by Mark Paul
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,173
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Out of the Clouds: The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings
by Linda Carroll
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews793
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Keeping Chilly (The October Horses Book 3)
- List rank#4
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews613
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Fire at the Track: A Harness Racing Mystery
by M.J. Evans
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews79
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The October Horses
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews846
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A Farmhouse in Tuscany
by Victoria Springfield
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,540
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The Horses Know (The Horses Know Trilogy Book 1)
by Lynn Mann
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,939
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First-Time Starter: #1 in the First-Time Starter Trilogy
by Stan D. Jensen
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews371
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The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse
by Lawrence Scanlan
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,508
Same niche in Books: Racing
FAQ
Is Racing a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 126 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Racing?
The median best seller has 126 reviews, and 44% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Racing best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.93 and $10.65.
Can new books break into Racing?
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.