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Wildlife (Animals, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Wildlife (Animals, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 209 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).

25Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
209Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.24 – $12.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)4%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 35% of the parent category Animals (592), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.24 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Wildlife best sellers

  1. Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller book cover by Miriam Horn

    Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller

    by Miriam Horn

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews34

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  2. Raising Hare: A Memoir book cover by Chloe Dalton

    Raising Hare: A Memoir

    by Chloe Dalton

    • List rank#2
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews10,937

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  3. My First Summer in the Sierra book cover by John Muir

    My First Summer in the Sierra

    by John Muir

    • List rank#3
    • Price$4.65
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews588

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  4. That Quail, Robert: The Acclaimed Story of an Abandoned Chick from Cape Cod That Won the N book cover by Margaret Stanger

    That Quail, Robert: The Acclaimed Story of an Abandoned Chick from Cape Cod That Won the Nation's Heart

    by Margaret Stanger

    • List rank#4
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,137

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  5. Cry Of The Kalahari: An International Bestseller—Seven Years with Lions and Hyenas in Afri book cover by Mark Owens

    Cry Of The Kalahari: An International Bestseller—Seven Years with Lions and Hyenas in Africa's Unexplored Wilderness

    by Mark Owens

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.49
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,986

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  6. The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild book cover by Lawrence Anthony

    The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

    by Lawrence Anthony

    • List rank#6
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews13,632

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  7. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life — A Popular Scienc book cover by Ed Yong

    I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life — A Popular Science Look at Microbes and Life

    by Ed Yong

    • List rank#7
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,261

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  8. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Vintage Departures) book cover by John Vaillant

    The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Vintage Departures)

    by John Vaillant

    • List rank#8
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews4,302

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  9. A Wolf Called Romeo book cover by Nick Jans

    A Wolf Called Romeo

    by Nick Jans

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.63
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,746

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  10. Fillets of Plaice book cover by Gerald Durrell

    Fillets of Plaice

    by Gerald Durrell

    • List rank#10
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews134

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FAQ

Is Wildlife a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 209 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Wildlife?

The median best seller has 209 reviews, and 28% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Wildlife best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.24 and $12.99.

Can new books break into Wildlife?

4% 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.