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Survival Stories (Teen & Young Adult › Action & Adventure, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Survival Stories (Teen & Young Adult › Action & Adventure, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.73, median 5,835 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).

15Opportunity / 100
$7.73Median price
5,835Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$5.37 – $10.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)5%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 5,835 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Action & Adventure (15,512), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Survival Stories best sellers

  1. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games) book cover by Suzanne Collins

    Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)

    by Suzanne Collins

    • List rank#1
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews91,610

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  2. Skyward (The Skyward Series Book 1) book cover by Brandon Sanderson

    Skyward (The Skyward Series Book 1)

    by Brandon Sanderson

    • List rank#2
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews23,389

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  3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games) book cover by Suzanne Collins

    The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)

    by Suzanne Collins

    • List rank#3
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews111,003

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  4. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1) book cover by Suzanne Collins

    The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1)

    by Suzanne Collins

    • List rank#4
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews108,996

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  5. Salt to the Sea book cover by Ruta Sepetys

    Salt to the Sea

    by Ruta Sepetys

    • List rank#5
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews17,607

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  6. Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 2) book cover by Suzanne Collins

    Catching Fire (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 2)

    by Suzanne Collins

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews87,733

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  7. Divergent Collector's Edition: Explore futuristic Chicago's five-faction society in this d book cover by Veronica Roth

    Divergent Collector's Edition: Explore futuristic Chicago's five-faction society in this deluxe Collector's Edition—72 bonus pages, essays, and a Dauntless map.

    by Veronica Roth

    • List rank#7
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews63,370

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  8. Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3) book cover by Suzanne Collins

    Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3)

    by Suzanne Collins

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews101,287

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  9. The Prison Healer: A Dark YA Fantasy of Deadly Elemental Trials, Forbidden Romance, and Su book cover by Lynette Noni

    The Prison Healer: A Dark YA Fantasy of Deadly Elemental Trials, Forbidden Romance, and Survival in a Death Prison

    by Lynette Noni

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.49
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews21,049

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  10. The Hunger Games Trilogy book cover by Suzanne Collins

    The Hunger Games Trilogy

    by Suzanne Collins

    • List rank#10
    • Price$25.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews53,390

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FAQ

Is Survival Stories a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 5,835 reviews and sells for $7.73.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Survival Stories?

The median best seller has 5,835 reviews, and 5% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Survival Stories best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.73; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.37 and $10.99.

Can new books break into Survival Stories?

5% 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.