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Baking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Baking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $2.99, median 157 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 20% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- The same niche in Books scores 45, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- 20% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Baking best sellers
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Martha Stewart's Cookie Perfection: 100+ Recipes to Take Your Sweet Treats to the Next Level: A Baking Book
by Editors of Martha Stewart Living
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,528
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The Essential Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook for Beginners: Easy & Budget-Smart Recipes from Dry Mixes to Meals with Meal Plans & Shelf-Life Tips | Including Spice Mixtures, Baking Mixes, Soup Bases & More!
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews127
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Milk Street Bakes: A Baking Book with 200 Sweet and Savory Recipes
- List rank#3
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews263
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Bake from Scratch | SIP 2
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8
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Bake from Scratch | September/October 2026
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews18
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Great British Bake Off: Winter Kitchen
by Lizzie Kamenetzky
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews154
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Better Baking: Wholesome Ingredients, Delicious Desserts
by Genevieve Ko
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews128
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Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin’s (A Cookbook to Help You Enjoy Delicious Nostalgia with Some Modern Sass)
by Hannah Dasher
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews191
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Pie Academy: Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams, Custards, Ice Cream, and More; Expert Techniques for Making Fabulous Pies from Scratch
by Ken Haedrich
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews540
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Beginner's Baking Bible: 130+ Recipes and Techniques for New Bakers
by Heather Perine
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,911
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Baking
FAQ
Is Baking a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 157 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Baking?
The median best seller has 157 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Baking best sellers cost?
The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Baking?
20% 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.