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Cooking Education & Reference: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Cooking Education & Reference, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $18.46, median 1,792 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 37/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.54 – $23.42 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 15% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,792 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 15% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 80% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Cooking Education & Reference best sellers
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Today We Are Cooking . . .: Recipes That Teach You to Think Like a Chef
by Tini Younger
- List rank#1
- Price$23.40
- Reviews-
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Betty Crocker's Cooky Book (facsimile Edition): Classic Cookie Recipes from the Beloved 1963 Edition, with 450 Favorites from Holiday Treats to Family Classics
- List rank#2
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,196
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Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
by Will Guidara
- List rank#3
- Price$13.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,310
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#4
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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Alton Brown: EveryDayCook: A Cookbook
by Alton Brown
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,832
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Salt: A World History
- List rank#6
- Price$10.81
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,651
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
by Samin Nosrat
- List rank#7
- Price$22.86
- Rating4.8
- Reviews24,321
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- List rank#8
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews27,870
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Recipes from the World of Tolkien - Tolkien Reference Book, Literary Cookbook: Inspired by the Legends
by Robert Tuesley Anderson
- List rank#9
- Price$16.29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,174
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Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
by Ina Garten
- List rank#10
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews15,169
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Reference
FAQ
Is Cooking Education & Reference a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 37/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,792 reviews and sells for $18.46.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Cooking Education & Reference?
The median best seller has 1,792 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Cooking Education & Reference best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.46; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.54 and $23.42.
Can new books break into Cooking Education & Reference?
15% 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.