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Compilers: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Compilers, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $39.81, median 31 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $25.14 – $62.87 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Programming Languages (297), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $39.81 its median price beats 93% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $25.14 to $62.87, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Compilers best sellers
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Crafting Interpreters
by Robert Nystrom
- List rank#1
- Price$38.35
- Rating4.8
- Reviews735
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
by Harold Abelson
- List rank#2
- Price$54.94
- Rating4.7
- Reviews741
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Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch
by Nora Sandler
- List rank#3
- Price$42.43
- Rating4.3
- Reviews78
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Program Proofs
by K. Rustan M. Leino
- List rank#4
- Price$65.22
- Rating4.9
- Reviews15
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Rust from Zero: The Complete Beginner's Guide: Learn the World's Safest Systems Language from First Principles (Rust Programming Book 1)
by Diego S
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating2.5
- Reviews2
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
by Alfred V. Aho
- List rank#6
- Price$70.77
- Rating4.6
- Reviews153
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Engineering a Compiler
by Keith D. Cooper
- List rank#7
- Price$84.56
- Rating4.5
- Reviews40
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C Programming in easy steps: Updated for the GNU Compiler version 6.3.0
by Mike McGrath
- List rank#8
- Price$9.17
- Rating4.7
- Reviews157
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How to Speak Tech: The Non-Techie’s Guide to Key Technology Concepts
by Vinay Trivedi
- List rank#9
- Price$15.16
- Rating4.5
- Reviews221
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LLVM Code Generation: A deep dive into compiler backend development
by Quentin Colombet
- List rank#10
- Price$34.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews29
FAQ
Is Compilers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 31 reviews and sells for $39.81.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Compilers?
The median best seller has 31 reviews, and 77% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Compilers best sellers cost?
The median price is $39.81; half of the best sellers are priced between $25.14 and $62.87.
Can new books break into Compilers?
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.