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Artists, Architects & Photographers (Arts & Literature, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Artists, Architects & Photographers (Arts & Literature, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.11, median 430 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.36 – $24.27 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 26% of the parent category Arts & Literature (1,640), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 74% of Books categories: the median best seller has 430 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Artists, Architects & Photographers best sellers
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Leonardo da Vinci
- List rank#1
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,305
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Floating Mountains: The Art of Imagining the Impossible
by Joe Rohde
- List rank#3
- Price$29.93
- Rating4.8
- Reviews57
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Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
by Mary Gabriel
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,367
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Michelangelo: His Epic Life
by Martin Gayford
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews273
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Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
by Sue Prideaux
- List rank#6
- Price$20.55
- Rating4.5
- Reviews861
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The Widow Van Gogh: Tragedy, Triumph, and the Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh a Legend: A Life of Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
by Joan Martelli
- List rank#7
- Price$29.95
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
by Stephanie Storey
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,143
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
- List rank#9
- Price$10.02
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,329
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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
by Irving Stone
- List rank#10
- Price$27.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,825
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FAQ
Is Artists, Architects & Photographers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 430 reviews and sells for $18.11.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Artists, Architects & Photographers?
The median best seller has 430 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Artists, Architects & Photographers best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.11; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.36 and $24.27.
Can new books break into Artists, Architects & Photographers?
12% 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.