KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Computer Science (Computers & Technology, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Computer Science (Computers & Technology, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $22.73, median 375 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 40/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.67 – $30.16 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 20% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Computers & Technology (2,546), one of the easier corners under it.
- 20% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 90% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $22.73 its median price beats 81% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Computer Science best sellers
-
The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
by Kevin Roose
- List rank#1
- Price$21.74
- Rating4.7
- Reviews177
-
Co-Existence: The Next Phase of AI
- List rank#2
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.8
- Reviews38
-
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
- List rank#3
- Price$13.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,314
-
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
- List rank#4
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,718
-
AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models
by Chip Huyen
- List rank#5
- Price$46
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,023
-
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
by Judea Pearl
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,485
-
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
by Stephen Witt
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,090
-
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- List rank#8
- Price$21.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,675
-
-
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom
- List rank#10
- Price$18.31
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,913
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Computer Science
FAQ
Is Computer Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 40/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 375 reviews and sells for $22.73.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Computer Science?
The median best seller has 375 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Computer Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $22.73; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.67 and $30.16.
Can new books break into Computer Science?
20% 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.