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Railroads (History › Transportation, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Railroads (History › Transportation, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.93, median 36 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Transportation (237), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.93 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Railroads best sellers
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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty – A #1 NYT Bestselling History
by Anderson Cooper
- List rank#1
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews22,126
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Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,388
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The Diesel That Did It: General Motors' FT Locomotive (Railroads Past and Present)
by Wallace W. Abbey
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews34
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Electric Interurbans and the American People (Railroads Past and Present)
by H. Roger Grant
- List rank#4
- Price$0.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews37
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The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience (Railroads Past and Present)
by H. Roger Grant
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews23
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
by Richard White
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews249
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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
by Les Standiford
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,906
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The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 2: The Age of Limits, 1917–1933 (Railroads Past and Present)
by Albert J. Churella
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America
by Sam Roberts
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews219
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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads
by Dee Brown
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews426
FAQ
Is Railroads a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 36 reviews and sells for $11.93.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Railroads?
The median best seller has 36 reviews, and 72% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Railroads best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.93; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Railroads?
0% 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.