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Chefs: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Chefs, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 711 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.72 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its median reviews are 41% of the parent category Professionals & Academics (1,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 711 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Chefs best sellers
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Taste: My Life Through Food
by Stanley Tucci
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,868
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Kitchen Confidential: the man behind the major motion picture TONY
- List rank#2
- Price$13.53
- Rating4.5
- Reviews27,870
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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
by Nigel Slater
- List rank#3
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,793
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This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor – A Brutally Honest Medical Memoir Packed with Dark Humor
by Adam Kay
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews107,872
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What Could Possibly Go Right?: The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture
by Danny Meyer
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews81
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We Thought They'd Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#8
- Price$28.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
by Danny Meyer
- List rank#9
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,375
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Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult – An Inspiring True Story of Liberation from the Founder's Granddaughter
by Faith Jones
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,132
FAQ
Is Chefs a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 711 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Chefs?
The median best seller has 711 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Chefs best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.72 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Chefs?
10% 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.