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Sports & Outdoors (Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Sports & Outdoors (Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.99, median 3,462 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.38 – $22.88 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 23% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Books categories: the median best seller has 3,462 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 23% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 93% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 15, 14 points lower than here.
Top 10 Sports & Outdoors best sellers
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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere ― The Classic Survival Handbook, Updated with Urban Survival
- List rank#1
- Price$17.16
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,377
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
- List rank#3
- Price$10.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,528
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Prepare Your Home for a Sudden Grid-Down Situation: Take Self-Reliance to the Next Level with Proven Methods and Strategies to Survive a Grid-Down ... the Modern Family to Prepare for Any Crisis)
by Ted Riley
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,460
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A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee
by Tom Coyne
- List rank#5
- Price$10.61
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,685
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The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
by Amy Alton
- List rank#6
- Price$19.97
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,393
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Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)
- List rank#7
- Price$15.80
- Rating4.7
- Reviews25,773
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Rules to Live By: How Extraordinary Lives Define What Really Matters
by Jimmy Chin
- List rank#8
- Price$21
- Rating4.6
- Reviews139
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National Geographic 2027 USA Road Atlas: Adventure Edition
- List rank#9
- Price$23.71
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,206
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
- List rank#10
- Price$12.40
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
Subcategories
- Survival Skills40
- Children's & Youth Sports38
- Individual Sports36
- Basketball36
- Rodeos35
- Baseball35
- Racket Sports35
- Miscellaneous34
- Football (American)33
- Outdoor Recreation33
- Hiking & Camping33
- Soccer32
- Mountaineering31
- Extreme Sports31
- Nature Travel31
- Water Sports30
- Softball30
- Coaching30
- Field Guides28
- Hunting & Fishing28
- Other Team Sports28
- Winter Sports21
- Hockey18
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Sports & Outdoors
FAQ
Is Sports & Outdoors a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,462 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Sports & Outdoors?
The median best seller has 3,462 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Sports & Outdoors best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.38 and $22.88.
Can new books break into Sports & Outdoors?
23% 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.