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Artificial Intelligence (Computer Science, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Artificial Intelligence (Computer Science, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $35.61, median 42 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 41/100 (fairly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $24.86 – $49.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 26% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Computer Science (330), one of the easier corners under it.
- 26% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 95% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $35.61 its median price beats 92% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Artificial Intelligence best sellers
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom
- List rank#1
- Price$16.17
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,913
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Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
by John Paul Mueller
- List rank#2
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.3
- Reviews324
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The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews756
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An Illustrated Guide to AI Agents: Concepts and Code for Building Agents with LLMs, Tools, and Memory
by Maarten Grootendorst
- List rank#4
- Price$66.40
- Rating5.0
- Reviews8
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Building Claude Skills: Turn repeatable work into reusable Claude Skills
by Pietro Montaldo
- List rank#5
- Price$23.74
- Rating4.8
- Reviews17
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Build with Claude Code: From zero to deployed apps with AI-assisted development
by Taeho Jo
- List rank#6
- Price$34.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13
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Ontology Pipeline: A Framework for Knowledge Engineering
- List rank#7
- Price$39.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews24
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Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications
by Chip Huyen
- List rank#8
- Price$39.90
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,021
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Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
by Katrina Manson
- List rank#9
- Price$28.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews388
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Agentic Coding with Claude Code: The everyday developer's guide to agentic coding with Claude Code
by Eden Marco
- List rank#10
- Price$32.78
- Rating4.5
- Reviews65
FAQ
Is Artificial Intelligence a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 41/100, which makes it fairly competitive. The median best seller has 42 reviews and sells for $35.61.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Artificial Intelligence?
The median best seller has 42 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Artificial Intelligence best sellers cost?
The median price is $35.61; half of the best sellers are priced between $24.86 and $49.99.
Can new books break into Artificial Intelligence?
26% 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.