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Cooking & Food: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Cooking & Food, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 48 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.74 – $8.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.74 to $8.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Cooking & Food best sellers
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My First Cookbook: 35 fun and easy recipes for children aged 7 years +
by Cico Kidz
- List rank#1
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews21
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Project You: More Than 50 Ways to Calm Down, De-Stress, and Feel Great (Switch Press:)
by Aubre Andrus
- List rank#2
- Price$9.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews50
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Cool Kids Cook: The Complete Healthy Cookbook of Basic Skills for Young Chefs
by Jenny Chandler
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews354
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Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends: The Figurehead Queen Is Strongest At Her Own Pace, Vol.2
by 桜井 悠
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews480
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Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends: The Figurehead Queen Is Strongest At Her Own Pace, Vol.1
by 桜井 悠
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews832
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Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends: The Figurehead Queen Is Strongest At Her Own Pace, Vol. 5
by Yu Sakurai
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews315
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Eating well Soups: Cooking
by Dhasarathan Palani
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5
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Bento Blast!: More Than 150 Cute and Clever Bento Box Meals for Your Kids
by Li Ming Lee
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews90
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The How-To Cookbook for Teens: 100 Easy Recipes to Learn the Basics
by Julee Morrison
- List rank#9
- Price$10.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,363
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Today I'm Cooking! Dinner in 30 Minutes: 70 Step-by-Step Recipes for Teens to Impress Friends and Family with Quick, Easy, and Delicious Meals
by Hanna Win
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews31
FAQ
Is Cooking & Food a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 48 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Cooking & Food?
The median best seller has 48 reviews, and 71% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Cooking & Food best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.74 and $8.99.
Can new books break into Cooking & Food?
8% 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.