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Crafts & Hobbies (Cozy, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Crafts & Hobbies (Cozy, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 641 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.74 – $5.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 38% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 38% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 99% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 99% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 79% of Books categories: the median best seller has 641 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Crafts & Hobbies best sellers
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The Retired Assassin's Guide to Amateur Theatrics: New Zealand Cozy Mystery
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,195
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The Armchair Detectives: A totally unputdownable and hilarious British cozy murder mystery (The Armchair Detective Mysteries Book 1)
by Matt Dunn
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews653
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The Crossword Murders: A totally unputdownable English cozy murder mystery (The Secret Detective Agency Book 5)
by Helena Dixon
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews555
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The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening: A New Zealand Paranormal Cozy Mystery
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews10,947
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Bad Seed
by Karen MacInerney
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews40
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The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting: New Zealand Cozy Paranormal Mystery
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,544
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Pumpkin Spice Scandal (Killer Coffee Mysteries Book 21)
by Tonya Kappes
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews154
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Murder at the Highland Games: An utterly gripping Scottish cozy murder mystery (An Ally McKinley Mystery Book 4)
by Dee MacDonald
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews806
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Guidebook to Murder: (A Tourist Trap Mystery 1)
by Lynn Cahoon
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,371
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Murder for Breakfast: A Cozy Murder Mystery Word Search Puzzle Book – Read the Story, Solve 50 Puzzles, and Catch the Killer Yourself (An Oakford Springs Word Search Mystery)
by Annabel Rogers
- List rank#10
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews202
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FAQ
Is Crafts & Hobbies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 641 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Crafts & Hobbies?
The median best seller has 641 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Crafts & Hobbies best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.74 and $5.99.
Can new books break into Crafts & Hobbies?
38% 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.