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Transportation (Engineering & Transportation, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Transportation (Engineering & Transportation, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.57, median 394 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 394 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Transportation best sellers
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- List rank#1
- Price$9.40
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,096
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The Wreck of the Medusa
by Jonathan Miles
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews118
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The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews55
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews27,764
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Unlimited: The True Story of Kenneth Burnstine
by Greg Born
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Saving Columbia: Lost Opportunity to Save Seven Astronauts
by Marshall H. Kaplan
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews2
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The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane
by Marc 'Elvis' Priestley
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,528
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Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War
- List rank#8
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews23
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,329
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Car and Driver | Sept/Oct 2026
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Transportation
FAQ
Is Transportation a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 394 reviews and sells for $8.57.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Transportation?
The median best seller has 394 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Transportation best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.57; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Transportation?
16% 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.