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Science & Nature (Science & Technology, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Science & Nature (Science & Technology, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 120 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$5.99Median price
120Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $8.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Science & Technology (312), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $8.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Science & Nature best sellers

  1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay book cover by J.K. Rowling

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

    by J.K. Rowling

    • List rank#1
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews16,280

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  2. What Do We Know About the Solar System? (Earth, Space, & Beyond) book cover by Ian Graham

    What Do We Know About the Solar System? (Earth, Space, & Beyond)

    by Ian Graham

    • List rank#2
    • Price$6.24
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews2

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  3. Dinosaurs: and Other Prehistoric Creatures book cover by Matt Sewell

    Dinosaurs: and Other Prehistoric Creatures

    by Matt Sewell

    • List rank#3
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews84

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  4. Guinness World Records Wild Things book cover by Guinness World Records

    Guinness World Records Wild Things

    by Guinness World Records

    • List rank#4
    • Price-
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews2

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  5. Everything You Need to Ace Biology in One Big Fat Notebook book cover by Workman Publishing

    Everything You Need to Ace Biology in One Big Fat Notebook

    by Workman Publishing

    • List rank#5
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,721

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  6. Harry Potter - A Journey Through A History of Magic book cover by British British Library

    Harry Potter - A Journey Through A History of Magic

    by British British Library

    • List rank#6
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,554

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  7. Top 20 Most Dangerous Animals On The Planet book cover by Speedy Publishing

    Top 20 Most Dangerous Animals On The Planet

    by Speedy Publishing

    • List rank#7
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews450

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  8. Space - Constellations: Knowledge Encyclopedia For Children book cover by Wonder House Books

    Space - Constellations: Knowledge Encyclopedia For Children

    by Wonder House Books

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews452

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  9. Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat book cover by Mike Ritland

    Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat

    by Mike Ritland

    • List rank#9
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews851

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  10. The Way Things Work Now: From windmills to Wi-Fi, touchscreens to 3D printers—a witty illu book cover by David Macaulay

    The Way Things Work Now: From windmills to Wi-Fi, touchscreens to 3D printers—a witty illustrated guide to how machines work, with a woolly mammoth.

    by David Macaulay

    • List rank#10
    • Price$23.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,837

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FAQ

Is Science & Nature a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 120 reviews and sells for $5.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Science & Nature?

The median best seller has 120 reviews, and 46% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Science & Nature best sellers cost?

The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $8.99.

Can new books break into Science & Nature?

6% 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.