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Criticism (Architecture, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Criticism (Architecture, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.99, median 41 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.95 – $18.70 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 25% of the parent category Architecture (164), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- The same niche in Books scores 36, 15 points higher than here; worth checking both.
Top 10 Criticism best sellers
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski
- List rank#1
- Price$9.97
- Rating4.5
- Reviews552
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Architecture 101: From Frank Gehry to Ziggurats, an Essential Guide to Building Styles and Materials (Adams 101 Series)
by Nicole Bridge
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews146
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How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit
by Witold Rybczynski
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews66
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The Poetics of Space
by Gaston Bachelard
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,111
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If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture
by Moshe Safdie
- List rank#5
- Price$14.19
- Rating4.5
- Reviews60
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Diccionario manual ilustrado de arquitectura (Spanish Edition)
by Dora Ware
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews372
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Architecture In Minutes
by Susie Hodge
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews58
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by Christopher Alexander
- List rank#8
- Price$35.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,071
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
by John Ruskin
- List rank#9
- Price$3
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra-Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the 21st Century
by Matthew Soules
- List rank#10
- Price$10.79
- Rating4.4
- Reviews113
Same niche in Books: Criticism
FAQ
Is Criticism a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 41 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Criticism?
The median best seller has 41 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Criticism best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.95 and $18.70.
Can new books break into Criticism?
4% 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.