Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Exploration
Monthly median sales (top 30)
$4,651
The median book price
$4.49
Bestseller's daily sales
347
50th book's daily sales
14
Average number of pages per book
343
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
Yes
Performance tracking
Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published
Matching KDP categories
fiction > science fiction > hard science fiction
84.52%
juvenile > fiction > science fiction
77.46%
fiction > science fiction > steampunk
77.46%
fiction > science fiction > military
77.46%
Keyword requirement
science fiction, dystopian
Best selling keywords
Median title & subtitle length is 6 words:
- The Object: Hard Science Fiction
- No Retreat (The Last Hunter Book 13)
- Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1)
- ICE: A SciFi Adventure
- Dubious Risks (Gate Ghosts Book 12)
- Indie success
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42.11%
- Volatility
- New releases
- KDP Select
90%
42.11%
73.33%
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Front-page bestsellers:
The Object: Hard Science Fiction
Joshua T. Calvert
Deep space holds secrets……and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.But it’s not what she thinks.Dr. Melody Adams, a physicist at the Gemini North Observatory, was studying Pluto in the telescope data and it struck her as odd. The numbers didn’t make sense. Could there be an extraterrestrial object in our solar system?She followed protocol.The scientific community didn’t believe her.And before she knew what happened, her career was over.The day that changed Melody’s life was like any other over the previous two years. She’d found she had a gift for writing and her career as an author had almost healed the pain of losing her job. When the Secret Service rang her bell, everything changed.Something was nearing Saturn……and it was slowing down.Had she been right about the object?You’ll love this hard science fiction novel because Melody is about to find out that everything she knew about space and time was wrong.Get it now. Read more
Starship For Rent
M.R. Forbes
When Noah sees an advertisement offering him a chance to rent a starship, he’s convinced it has to be a trick.Already mired in the worst day of his life, he’s willing to do anything to escape, including a field trip to the middle of nowhere to follow the lead. Except there is no trick. The starship is real. And Noah’s life will never be the same.All he has to do is sign the contract.The ship barely reaches orbit before the voyage goes sideways, and what starts as a leisurely jaunt through the solar system becomes an unscheduled detour through a galaxy more bizarre, dangerous, and incredible than Noah ever imagined. And what at first seems accidental might be anything but.…From tragedy to triumph. His true destiny awaits.If you like starships, improbable heroes and intergalactic mayhem, you’ll love Starship For Rent, the latest sci-fi adventure from bestselling author M.R. Forbes. Read more
No Retreat (The Last Hunter Book 13)
J.N. Chaney
When things are going to plan, check to see what you’re missing.Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew are trapped inside the Confederation proper and facing an unknown number of alien attack ships. They’d thought the Tardan military was defeated, but they’d been wrong. Now they were trapped in a fight they couldn’t lose.When everything seems exactly as you’d hoped, figure out what you’ve missed.Not only do they need to stop the Locusts, but they still have to defeat the Poseidon Group and overturn the coup they’d staged. They only have two battleships and a spy ship to make that happen. Their only advantage is that no one knows they’re there. They’ll have one chance to get things right, or humanity is screwed.When everything goes to hell and your back is against the wall, fight. Read more
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1)
James S. A. Corey
From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our reach.Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe."Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written." —George R. R. MartinThe ExpanseLeviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathLeviathan FallsMemory's LegionThe Expanse Short FictionDriveThe Butcher of Anderson StationGods of RiskThe ChurnThe Vital AbyssStrange DogsAuberonThe Sins of Our Fathers Read more
Lost in Time
A.G. Riddle
The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller"Amazing! One of the twistiest time-tales I've ever read." –Diana Gabaldon"Crichtonesque thrillers don't come much better than this... Readers won't be able to turn the pages fast enough." –Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)"Are we talking plot twists? More like spirals. Gripping, clever, mind-bending stuff." –Daily MailFrom the worldwide bestselling author of Departure and Winter World comes a standalone novel about a father and daughter trying to unravel an intricate murder mystery spread across time – with a jaw-dropping twist.Control the past.Save the future.One morning, Dr. Sam Anderson wakes up to find that the woman he loves has been murdered.For Sam, the horror is only beginning.He and his daughter are accused of the crime. The evidence is ironclad. They will be convicted.And so, to ensure his daughter goes free, Sam does what he must: he confesses.But in the future, murderers aren't sent to prison.Thanks to a machine Sam helped invent, the world's worst criminals are now sent to the past – approximately 200 million years into the past, to the dawn of the time of the dinosaurs – where they must live out their lives alone, in exile from the human race.Sam accepts his fate.But his daughter doesn't.Adeline Anderson has already lost her mother to a deadly, unfair disease. She can't bear to lose her father as well.So she sets out on a quest to prove him innocent. And to get him back. People around her insist that both are impossible tasks.But Adeline doesn't give up. She only works harder.She soon learns that impossible tasks are her specialty. And that she is made of tougher stuff than she ever imagined.As she peels back the layers of the mystery that tore her father from this world, Adeline finds more questions than answers. Everyone around her is hiding a secret. But which ones are connected to the murder that exiled her father?That mystery stretches across the past, present, and future – and leads to a revelation that will change everything. Read more
World War Mars
Rick Partlow
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'Resonance' is supposed to be a dream - that's when your soulmate is chosen for you. And everyone on the ice planet has hooked up with a big, hunky soulmate of their own...except me. So do I want a mate? Heck yeah. More than anything, all I've ever wanted is to be loved by someone.Except that the soulmate chosen for me? My least favorite person on the darn ice planet. Haeden's the most cranky, disapproving, unpleasant, overbearing male alien...so why is it that my body sings when he gets close? Why is he working so hard to prove to me that he's not as awful as I think he is?I hate him...don't I? ***The Ice Planet Barbarians Series:Ice Planet Barbarians - Georgie's StoryBarbarian Alien - Liz's StoryBarbarian Lover - Kira's StoryBarbarian Mine - Harlow's StoryIce Planet Holiday - Claire's Story (novella)Barbarian's Prize - Tiffany's StoryBarbarian's Mate - Josie's Story Read more
ICE: A SciFi Adventure
T.S. Falk
Michael Crichton meets The Thing. Gabriel Palmer is a drilling expert in the most remote place on earth, eastern Antarctica. But when a meteorite hits nearby, a long-buried threat resurfaces and suddenly Gabriel is the last line of defense between humanity and extinction.T.S. Falk delivers an unputdownable homage to the favorite movies of his youth.Don't miss out on T.S.Falk's new thrill ride! From the creator of the fast-paced adventures RELIC and THE ANCIENT CODE comes a new fast-paced adventure. Read more
Carpathians
Paul Dixon
An epic First Contact story on a galactic scale.Humans have reached the stars, but there is no evidence any other species survived its own sentience long enough to do the same.Until now, when the Magellanix deep-space scout Accipiter discovers the Artifact, a million-year-old alien construct resting in a dormant volcano on a faraway world.Now TransGalactic has sent the Carpathia to steal it.Two ships; two rival corporations; and a race only one of them can win.But the stakes are greater than they seem. The Artifact is more than just a technological marvel. It holds the key to humanity’s survival, and - perhaps - an understanding of our place in the universe at last. Read more
Revised edition (07-22-2023)For fans of A.G. Riddle and James Rollins. After barely escaping from his last project alive, Professor Elliot Brand wanted to spend a few calm months lecturing in London. But when a billionaire presents him the perfect mystery, he can't resist and soon finds himself in a dangerous world of Nepali spies, ancient ruins, and a truth about humanity that might change the world forever, or end it ...Blending real science with fiction, this book takes you on a journey into the origins of mankind and its many mysteries. Read more
Dubious Risks (Gate Ghosts Book 12)
S. H. Jucha
The conclave continually pressures the Imperium Empire by ousting peacekeepers and Radag mercenaries from imperial territories. This interdicts resources bound for Krackus worlds from the suborned races and exacerbates Imperium distribution protocols.On Jegstrat, a populous Krackus world, declining grain shipments lead to favoring distribution to large companies. Saboteurs plan to slow production at Imperial Grains, the largest processing plant. The goal is to rebalance grain distribution, but the attack goes terribly awry, causing death and great damage.On the empire’s far side, the Liberation and its accompanying Trident squadrons deliver the next Helgart resident to the planet of Balgrade. The home world has a robust population, and the system offers rich resources. As such, large numbers of Krackus and Radags are widely distributed throughout the system.Captain Mila Pappas and Salus, a SADE, sail a traveler to reconnoiter the Balgrade home world. Mila makes the decision to drop planetside, and the pair’s tactics create chaos for Radag teams.With the Quellers relatively safe, Julien focuses on the races living on the far side of a Queller anomaly. His immediate goal is to meet with the Freiots. However, Utilimats intend to resist Julien’s visit with their warships.On the Krackus home world, Presiding Executor Gaketork’s efforts to convince the executors of the empire’s dire circumstances earn him the animosity of powerful individuals who believe the best thing for Imperium is to remove him from office — permanently. Read more
I’ve never spent a day without my mate since arriving on the ice planet. I’m happy and in love, and we have a beautiful child together. All that changed when the world shook. My mate nearly died.He wakes up from his coma…and he can’t remember me. Or our son. Every memory of the past two years is gone. And that changes everything between us. How can I love someone that doesn’t remember me?How can I not, when I know he’s still my mate underneath it all? Read more
Book 2 of the 3-book series The Apocalypse SequenceThey say at the end you return to the beginning ...That is certainly true for Elliot Brand who returns to Heidelberg, the city he once began his journey into archeology.The mission? Unravel the identity of the mysterious organization, that intends to end humanity. But with an enemy this ruthless, who can you still trust? The confrontation in Iceland has put Professor Elliot Brand and his pregnant girlfriend Ashra Shah at the center of the global conspiracy to end humanity and they might be the only ones who can stop it. Elliot has to get access to the archive of his former mentor Professor Teller, where he hopes he will find answers.But not everything is as it seems. They might have walked into a trap, set up by an enemy always three steps ahead.For all those who love Michael Crichton, Indiana Jones, or simply archeology thrillers!Disclaimer: This is a three-book series, so don't expect all the answers at the end of second book. Read more
Implacable Resolve (The Last Hunter Book 12)
J.N. Chaney
In war, even the simplest things are hard.Admiral Jack Romanoff and his people have begun the liberation of Vesuvius from the xenophobic Novarites, but even something that straightforward is difficult. The enemy outnumbers them, and removing the threat won’t be easy. Worse, they are killing humans in job lots, so time is of the essence.When retreat isn’t an option, you must advance.Jack wants to spare as many Novarite civilians as he can, but the killing must end. With them on a planet and him in space, that limits his options, but he will compel their surrender by any means necessary. It will be a delicate dance, but he won’t stop until they admit defeat or die.In the face of overwhelming odds, never let your resolve waver. Read more
- From Kindle Storyteller Award Winner, G J Ogden -A bad decision. An alien treasure. A mistake that could destroy the galaxy…Hudson Powell is a freelance starship pilot with no prospects, but a hunger to prove himself. So, at thirty-eight years old, he decides to turn his life around and join the Relic Guardian Force as a rookie officer.That was a huge mistake.Established to police the alien hulks found on every portal world discovered in the last century, the RGF ensure relic hunters pay taxes on the priceless alien tech they scavenge.The problem is that the RGF is corrupt, and its a-hole officers are even deadlier than the star scavengers who plunder the wrecks, seeking their fortune.Fed up with his obnoxious training officer – the most unlikable man in the galaxy – Hudson quits and enters the exhilarating world of the relic hunters, where he meets the intoxicating and deadly mercenary Tory Bellona.But the discovery of a mysterious crystal will set events in motion that cannot be undone. An alien power of planet-destroying force, lost and wandering for eons, is about to be awakened.And Hudson is to blame.People stopped asking where the alien wrecks had come from. People stopped asking who created the interstellar portals, and why.Hudson will discover that some alien relics are best left buried. Firefly meets Indiana Jones in this epic sci-fi action-adventure with a unique alien invasion twist. Combining Star Scavengers and Star Guardians, this epic ten-book set covers the complete voyages of relic hunter, Hudson Powell.- Ten books with 4,300 global 5-star ratings as a single boxed set! -◆◆◆The super set includes all ten books from Star Scavengers & Star Guardians.Guardian OutcastOrion RisesGoliath EmergesUnion’s EndThe Last RevocaterStar GuardianGoliath RebornMorphus AscendantThe HuntedCorporeal PowerPraise for these books:"I have never sat down and read 5 books so quickly. As a matter of fact, I very seldom finish a series of books.""Wonderful and incomparably detailed world building! His books are the best sci-fi I have read in years!""A fast-paced, action-filled, alcohol-fuelled story that never quite goes the way you thought it would.""Indiana Jones and Lara Croft better look out there’s a new relic hunter roaming the galaxy.""This series reminds me of some of the young Heinlein's early work.""It can't be easy to end a five-book series on a perfect note, but Ogden pulled it off.""These stories make you hungry for action in the great beyond.”“A well written tale that kept me reading when I should have been busy with other things.”“Great characters, even the ones you love to hate!”“This one is a keeper. I will put it in my keeper file to read again.”“Hudson Powell has an Indiana Jones vibe. Great read.”"WOW, what a series of books. The author didn’t let up with the surprises from chapter to chapter.” Read more
The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects Book 4)
Brandon Sanderson
From the #1 Kickstarter campaign of all time—#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson adds to his Cosmere universe shared by Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive with a new standalone novel that combines fantasy and science fiction. Illustrated by Ernanda Souza, Nabeste Zitro, and kudriaken.Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next.But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.Failure means a quick death, incinerated by the sun…or a lifetime as a mindless slave. Tormented by the consequences of his past, Nomad must fight not only for his survival—but also for his very soul.Note from Brandon:I sincerely believe that books don’t live until they’re read. While I would write even if no one were reading—it’s who I am—I thrive because I know the stories are being brought to life by all of you. In this, stories are a special kind of art, particularly when written down. Each of you will imagine this book, and its characters, a little differently—you will each put your own stamp on it, making it yours. I don’t believe a story is quite finished until that has happened—until the dream in my head has become a reality (even if briefly) in yours.And so this book is yours, as they all are once you read them. Thank you so much for bringing life to my work, and to the Cosmere. Read more
COMPLETE SERIES!The year is 2650.75 years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth.Without warning. Without mercy.We were not prepared. Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned. We nearly lost everything.Then, the aliens abruptly left.We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore: never again. And the aliens never came back.Until now.With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic. Our new technology is useless. Our new ships burn like straw. All our careful preparations are wasted.Now, only one man, one crew, and the oldest starship in the fleet stand between the Earth and certain destruction: ISS CONSTITUTIONLegacy Fleet is a complete series of 9 books. Read more
Part 3: Episode 10Trade operations begin…An old benefactor is found…New enemies reveal themselves…Old enemies thought long dead return…The Korsan Empire is on its last legs, but to finish them, Nathan Scott must cross one ethical line in order to avoid crossing another. It seems there are enemies everywhere, and some of them are hidden in unexpected places."Enemies of my Enemy" is the 10th episode in Part 3 of the Frontiers Saga: Fringe Worlds. Read more
Lightning Strike (The Last Hunter Book 14)
J.N. Chaney
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