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Criticism (Art History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Criticism (Art History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.54, median 120 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$9.54Median price
120Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $12.99
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Criticism best sellers

  1. Art, Annotated: The World's 500 Greatest Paintings Explained book cover by DK

    Art, Annotated: The World's 500 Greatest Paintings Explained

    by DK

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews137

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  2. The Monolith and Its Influences book cover by Robert Castle

    The Monolith and Its Influences

    by Robert Castle

    • List rank#2
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews6

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  3. Landscapes: John Berger on Art book cover by John Berger

    Landscapes: John Berger on Art

    by John Berger

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews86

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  4. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith book cover by Russ Ramsey

    Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

    by Russ Ramsey

    • List rank#4
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews620

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  5. Under the Sign of Saturn: Essays book cover by Susan Sontag

    Under the Sign of Saturn: Essays

    by Susan Sontag

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews35

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  6. The Wizard of Oz 15 Book Collection: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Box Set, The Marvellous La book cover by L. Frank Baum

    The Wizard of Oz 15 Book Collection: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Box Set, The Marvellous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road ... by L. Frank Baum (2014) Paperback

    by L. Frank Baum

    • List rank#6
    • Price$0.49
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews47

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  7. About Looking book cover by John Berger

    About Looking

    by John Berger

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews194

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  8. The Art Spirit book cover by Robert  Henri

    The Art Spirit

    by Robert Henri

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews894

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  9. Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers book cover by Janet Malcolm

    Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers

    by Janet Malcolm

    • List rank#9
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews195

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  10. Signs and Symbols: An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings (DK Compact Culture  book cover by DK

    Signs and Symbols: An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings (DK Compact Culture Guides)

    by DK

    • List rank#10
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,095

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FAQ

Is Criticism a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 120 reviews and sells for $9.54.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Criticism?

The median best seller has 120 reviews, and 45% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Criticism best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.54; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.

Can new books break into Criticism?

6% 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.