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Culinary (Cooking Education & Reference, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Culinary (Cooking Education & Reference, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.81, median 1,262 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.19 – $21.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,262 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Culinary best sellers
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#1
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More than They Expect
by Will Guidara
- List rank#2
- Price$13.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,310
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- List rank#3
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews27,870
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Crying on the Kitchen Floor: A Memoir
- List rank#5
- Price$29.71
- Reviews-
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What Could Possibly Go Right?: The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture
by Danny Meyer
- List rank#6
- Price$22.05
- Rating4.6
- Reviews81
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- List rank#7
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,805
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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
by Nigel Slater
- List rank#8
- Price$15.60
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,793
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Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
by Danny Meyer
- List rank#9
- Price$11.24
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,375
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We Thought They'd Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family
- List rank#10
- Price$25.74
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
FAQ
Is Culinary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,262 reviews and sells for $14.81.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Culinary?
The median best seller has 1,262 reviews, and 21% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Culinary best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.81; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.19 and $21.99.
Can new books break into Culinary?
12% 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.