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Computer Design: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Computer Design, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $54.98, median 12 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $30.30 – $76.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Microprocessors & System Design (49), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $54.98 its median price beats 97% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 81% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 12 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Computer Design best sellers
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Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones)
by Marianne Bellotti
- List rank#1
- Price$18.63
- Rating4.6
- Reviews274
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Bare-Metal Embedded C Programming: Develop high-performance embedded systems with C for Arm microcontrollers
by Israel Gbati
- List rank#2
- Price$31.91
- Rating4.6
- Reviews107
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Digital Design and Computer Architecture, RISC-V Edition: RISC-V Edition
by Sarah Harris
- List rank#3
- Price$68.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews83
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FPGA design and programming: Principles, tools, and applications
by Eric Parker
- List rank#4
- Price$59.96
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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C++ in Embedded Systems: A practical transition from C to modern C++
by Amar Mahmutbegović
- List rank#5
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews49
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Pci Express System Architecture
by Don Anderson
- List rank#6
- Price$132
- Rating4.6
- Reviews33
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How to Build a Gaming PC for Beginners: A Complete Step-by-Step PC Building Guide for Gaming, Streaming, and Performance
by Robert I. Grass
- List rank#7
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
by Martin Fowler
- List rank#8
- Price$53.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews894
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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone
by J Clark Scott
- List rank#9
- Price$18.92
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,136
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Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)
by David A. Patterson
- List rank#10
- Price$98.87
- Rating4.4
- Reviews90
FAQ
Is Computer Design a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 12 reviews and sells for $54.98.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Computer Design?
The median best seller has 12 reviews, and 77% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Computer Design best sellers cost?
The median price is $54.98; half of the best sellers are priced between $30.30 and $76.99.
Can new books break into Computer Design?
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.