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Sailing (Water Sports, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Sailing (Water Sports, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.47, median 164 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 45% of the parent category Water Sports (364), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Sailing best sellers
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Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
by Thomas Thompson
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,032
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Great Loop Escape (Escape Series Book 3)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews83
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Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea
by Tami Oldham Ashcraft
- List rank#4
- Price$7.36
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,106
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All Good, K.: Along the Way to Victory in the Golden Globe Race 2022
by Kirsten Neuschäfer
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews138
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True Spirit: The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World
by Jessica Watson
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews916
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Escape from the Ordinary (Escape Series Book 1)
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,572
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Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
by Liz Clark
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,550
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First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life & Living
by Richard Bode
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews349
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Sailing into the Unknown: A True Story of Solo Adventure and Freedom Around the World (Book 1)
by Frederic Lemoine
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews99
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Sailing
FAQ
Is Sailing a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 164 reviews and sells for $9.47.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Sailing?
The median best seller has 164 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Sailing best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.47; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Sailing?
10% 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.