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Design (Humanities, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Design (Humanities, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $44.80, median 9 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $30.29 – $58.72 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Humanities (1,270), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $44.80 its median price beats 95% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Design best sellers
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Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
- List rank#1
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews445
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Signs and Symbols in Christian Art
by George Ferguson
- List rank#2
- Price$12.30
- Rating4.4
- Reviews139
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The Art of City Sketching: A Field Manual
by Michael Abrams
- List rank#3
- Price$49.72
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9
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Art Museums of Latin America (Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions)
by Michele Greet
- List rank#4
- Price$42.74
- Reviews-
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Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art
by Jordana Moore Saggese
- List rank#5
- Price$29.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews20
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Religious Objects in Museums
by Crispin Paine
- List rank#6
- Price$19.45
- Rating4.7
- Reviews8
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Exhibiting Chinese Art in Asia: Histories, Politics and Practices (Asian Visual Cultures)
by Chui-fun Selina Ho
- List rank#7
- Price$210
- Reviews-
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Artistic Visions of the Anthropocene North (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies)
by Gry Hedin
- List rank#8
- Price$52.95
- Reviews-
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Who Owns Beauty?
by Bénédicte Savoy
- List rank#9
- Price$22.97
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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The Benin Plaques (Routledge Research in Art History)
by Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch
- List rank#10
- Price$46.72
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8
FAQ
Is Design a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 9 reviews and sells for $44.80.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Design?
The median best seller has 9 reviews, and 91% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Design best sellers cost?
The median price is $44.80; half of the best sellers are priced between $30.29 and $58.72.
Can new books break into Design?
2% 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.