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C & C++: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for C & C++, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $29.99, median 46 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $20.64 – $43.30 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% 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.
Top 10 C & C++ best sellers
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Make: Electronics: Learning by Discovery: A hands-on primer for the new electronics enthusiast
- List rank#1
- Price$19.29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews961
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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
- List rank#2
- Price$60.28
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,479
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Tour of C++, A (C++ In-Depth Series)
by Bjarne Stroustrup
- List rank#3
- Price$39.57
- Rating4.6
- Reviews364
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Beginning C++ Game Programming: Learn C++ from scratch by building fun games
by John Horton
- List rank#4
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews94
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Mastering Graphics Programming With Vulkan: Develop a modern rendering engine featuring GPU-driven rendering, advanced lighting, and ray tracing
by Marco Castorina
- List rank#5
- Price$29.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (C++ In-depth)
by Bjarne Stroustrup
- List rank#6
- Price$55.73
- Rating4.4
- Reviews100
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Getting Started With Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform (Make)
by Massimo Banzi
- List rank#7
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews156
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Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development
by Jim Blandy
- List rank#8
- Price$79.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews690
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Bare-Metal Embedded C Programming: Develop high-performance embedded systems with C for Arm microcontrollers
by Israel Gbati
- List rank#9
- Price$31.91
- Rating4.6
- Reviews107
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C++ Primer (5th Edition)
by Stanley Lippman
- List rank#10
- Price-
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,050
Subcategories
- C++35
- C32
- Visual C++23
FAQ
Is C & C++ a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 46 reviews and sells for $29.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in C & C++?
The median best seller has 46 reviews, and 59% of them have fewer than 100.
What do C & C++ best sellers cost?
The median price is $29.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $20.64 and $43.30.
Can new books break into C & C++?
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.