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Sailing (Outdoor Recreation, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Sailing (Outdoor Recreation, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.00, median 307 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.82 – $26.25 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Outdoor Recreation (1,960), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Sailing best sellers
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Pro-Knot Outdoor Knots - Portable Waterproof Knot Book
by John E. Sherry
- List rank#2
- Price$7.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,019
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Navigation Rules And Regulations Handbook (Color Print): Containing - International & Inland Rules
by Department of Homeland Security
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews284
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And Then We Hit a Rock
by Greg Buenzli
- List rank#4
- Price$13.10
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7,929
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The Ashley Book of Knots
by Clifford W. Ashley
- List rank#5
- Price$40.17
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,485
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First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life & Living
by Richard Bode
- List rank#6
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews349
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The Useful Knots Book: How to Tie the 25+ Most Practical Rope Knots (Escape, Evasion, and Survival)
by Sam Fury
- List rank#7
- Price$8.63
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,337
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A Voyage for Madmen: Nine sailors, one nonstop race around the globe in 1968―only one survives the storms, madness, and death of the Golden Globe Race.
by Peter Nichols
- List rank#8
- Price$10.87
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,671
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All Good, K.: Along the Way to Victory in the Golden Globe Race 2022
by Kirsten Neuschäfer
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews138
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Sailing a Serious Ocean: Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
by John Kretschmer
- List rank#10
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,249
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Sailing
FAQ
Is Sailing a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 307 reviews and sells for $18.00.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Sailing?
The median best seller has 307 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Sailing best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.00; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.82 and $26.25.
Can new books break into Sailing?
7% 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.