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Culinary Arts & Techniques: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Culinary Arts & Techniques, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.98, median 301 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 74% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 301 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 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 Culinary Arts & Techniques best sellers
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The Science of Flavor: Unlock the Secrets of Flavorful Cooking (The Science of Food)
by Dr. Stuart Farrimond
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews75
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Cooking with Sauces: Easy Homemade Sauce Recipes for Delicious Family Meals (Specific-Ingredient Cookbooks)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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Kitchen Confidential: the man behind the major motion picture TONY
- List rank#3
- Price$13.53
- Rating4.5
- Reviews27,870
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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
by Tamar Adler
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews856
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Layered: Baking, Building, and Styling Spectacular Cakes
by Tessa Huff
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews440
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French Cooking Academy: 100 Essential Recipes for the Home Cook
by Stephane Nguyen
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews276
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Water Bath Canning & Preserving Cookbook for Beginners: 2100 Days of Quick & Easy Homemade Recipes | A Step-by-Step Guide to Healthy and High-Quality Food + 5 Bonus for Preppers
by Brenda Sliger
- List rank#7
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews397
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#8
- Price$28.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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Today We Are Cooking . . .: Recipes That Teach You to Think Like a Chef
by Tini Younger
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
by Samin Nosrat
- List rank#10
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews24,321
FAQ
Is Culinary Arts & Techniques a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 301 reviews and sells for $9.98.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Culinary Arts & Techniques?
The median best seller has 301 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Culinary Arts & Techniques best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.98; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Culinary Arts & Techniques?
14% 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.