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Water Sports (Sports & Outdoors, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Water Sports (Sports & Outdoors, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.68, median 364 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Sports & Outdoors (2,573), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 364 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Water Sports best sellers
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Storms on the Island (DI Liam O'Reilly mysteries Book 18)
by Stewart Giles
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews30
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews92,410
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The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
- List rank#4
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,702
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All Good, K.: Along the Way to Victory in the Golden Globe Race 2022
by Kirsten Neuschäfer
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews138
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Graceless : A Tropical Authors Novella (Tropical Adventure Series Book 1)
by Wayne Stinnett
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,347
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Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
by Thomas Thompson
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,032
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Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea
by Tami Oldham Ashcraft
- List rank#8
- Price$7.36
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,106
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Maintenance of Everything: Part One (Maintenance: Of Everything Book 1)
by Stewart Brand
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews276
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Great Loop Escape (Escape Series Book 3)
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews83
Subcategories
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FAQ
Is Water Sports a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 364 reviews and sells for $7.68.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Water Sports?
The median best seller has 364 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Water Sports best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.68; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Water Sports?
10% 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.