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Assembly Language Programming: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Assembly Language Programming, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $29.99, median 22 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $19.99 – $44.60 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Programming Languages (297), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $29.99 its median price beats 89% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 72% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 22 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Assembly Language Programming best sellers
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The Ghidra Book, 2nd Edition: The Definitive Guide
by Kara Nance
- List rank#1
- Price$47.64
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch
by Nora Sandler
- List rank#2
- Price$42.43
- Rating4.3
- Reviews78
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Putting the C in the C64: A Practical Guide To Programming the Commodore 64 with C and CC65 (The Commodore 64 Workshop Book 3)
by John McGinnis
- List rank#3
- Price$6.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Programming the 65816: Including the 6502, 65C02, and 65802
by David Eyes
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews68
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Game Boy Coding Adventure: Learn Assembly and Master the Original 8-Bit Handheld
by Maximilien Dagois
- List rank#5
- Price$25.12
- Rating5.0
- Reviews21
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Assembly Language Mastery: Beginning to Advance: From Your First Instruction to CPU Architecture, Debugging, Reverse Engineering, and Performance
by S Hussain
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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Commodore 64 Full Game in Assembly Language - Cryptmorrow C64: Build a Complete C64 Dungeon Explorer in Assembly for the Commodore 64 (code&books)
by Eric Norton
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews5
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Start Here: The Fundamentals of Commodore 64 Programming in BASIC and 6502 Assembly Language: For real or emulated C64s (The Commodore 64 Workshop Book 1)
by John McGinnis
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews38
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Heavy Wizardry 101: Shellcodes, Backdoors, Droppers, and Worms
by David Martínez Oliveira
- List rank#9
- Price$45.02
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13
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The Art of ARM Assembly, Volume 1: 64-Bit ARM Machine Organization and Programming
by Randall Hyde
- List rank#10
- Price$55.67
- Rating4.8
- Reviews15
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FAQ
Is Assembly Language Programming a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 22 reviews and sells for $29.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Assembly Language Programming?
The median best seller has 22 reviews, and 85% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Assembly Language Programming best sellers cost?
The median price is $29.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $19.99 and $44.60.
Can new books break into Assembly Language Programming?
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.