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Sports (Genre Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Sports (Genre Fiction, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 7,032 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.64 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 98% of Books categories: the median best seller has 7,032 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Genre Fiction (43,722), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $5.99 its median price is below 98% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Sports best sellers
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Goalie Interference: An unputdownable spicy MM hockey romance (On Thin Ice Book 3)
- List rank#1
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews228
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Heated Rivalry (Game Changers: Heated Rivalry Book Series 2)
by Rachel Reid
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews67,484
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The Country Road Murders: A Thriller
- List rank#3
- Price$26.45
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,068
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He's Not My Type (The Agitators Series Book 4)
by Meghan Quinn
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews46,403
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Beartown
- List rank#5
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews70,019
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The Long Game: Now Streaming on Crave and HBO Max (Game Changers: Heated Rivalry Book Series 6)
by Rachel Reid
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews56,507
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Kiss and Don't Tell (The Agitators Series Book 1)
by Meghan Quinn
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews44,039
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Body Check: A Spicy Hockey Rom-Com – An Enemies to Lovers Contemporary Romance
by Elle Kennedy
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews7,911
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Big Two-Hearted River: The Centennial Edition
- List rank#10
- Price$23.40
- Rating4.5
- Reviews565
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FAQ
Is Sports a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7,032 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Sports?
The median best seller has 7,032 reviews, and 1% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Sports best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.64.
Can new books break into Sports?
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.