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Cakes (Baking, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Cakes (Baking, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $3.99, median 305 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 74% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 305 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Cakes best sellers
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Beginner's Baking Bible: 130+ Recipes and Techniques for New Bakers
by Heather Perine
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,911
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Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
by B. Dylan Hollis
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews13,664
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Great British Bake Off: Winter Kitchen
by Lizzie Kamenetzky
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews154
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Layered: Baking, Building, and Styling Spectacular Cakes
by Tessa Huff
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews440
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Loaf Tin Bakes: Easy Cakes for Every Occasion
by Flavie Millet-Joannon
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews24
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Cakes by Melissa: Life Is What You Bake It
by Melissa Ben-Ishay
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews266
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Lazy Baking: Really Easy Sweet and Savoury Bakes
by Jessica E Dennison
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews61
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Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories (A Definitive Cookbook Guide to Southern Baking) – Perfect for Bakers, Chefs, and Foodies
by Anne Byrn
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews596
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Homemade Cakes, Cookies & Desserts Cookbook for Beginners: 150+ Easy From-Scratch Recipes for Cakes, Cupcakes, Cookies, Brownies, Bars, Pies, ... Sweet Treats (The Homemade Kitchen Series)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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Anyone Can Cake: Your Complete Guide to Making & Decorating Perfect Layer Cakes
by Whitney Depaoli
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews312
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FAQ
Is Cakes a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 305 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Cakes?
The median best seller has 305 reviews, and 32% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Cakes best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Cakes?
11% 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.