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Computer Science (New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Computer Science (New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $29.99, median 330 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 38/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $22.13 – $41.83 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category New, Used & Rental Textbooks (2,358), one of the easier corners under it.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $29.99 its median price beats 89% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Computer Science best sellers
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
- List rank#1
- Price$47.52
- Rating3.8
- Reviews300
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AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models
by Chip Huyen
- List rank#2
- Price$46
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,023
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Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling (Jeb Blount)
by Jeb Blount
- List rank#3
- Price$11.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,377
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Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
by Eric Matthes
- List rank#4
- Price$26.73
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,546
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom
- List rank#5
- Price$16.17
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,913
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold
- List rank#6
- Price$32.58
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,085
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- List rank#7
- Price$19.82
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,647
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The Agentic AI Bible: The Complete and Up-to-Date Guide to Design, Develop, and Scale Goal-Driven, LLM-Powered Agents that Think, Execute and Evolve
- List rank#8
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews544
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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)
- List rank#9
- Price$47.44
- Rating4.5
- Reviews648
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Microsoft 365 Excel For Dummies
- List rank#10
- Price$12.41
- Rating4.4
- Reviews215
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Computer Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 38/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 330 reviews and sells for $29.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Computer Science?
The median best seller has 330 reviews, and 28% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Computer Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $29.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $22.13 and $41.83.
Can new books break into Computer Science?
17% 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.