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Design & Architecture: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Design & Architecture, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $41.97, median 24 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $32.94 – $62.07 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Hardware & DIY (152), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $41.97 its median price beats 94% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 70% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 24 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Design & Architecture best sellers
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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)
by Robert C. Martin
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,068
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AI Systems Performance Engineering: Optimizing Model Training and Inference Workloads with GPUs, CUDA, and PyTorch
by Chris Fregly
- List rank#2
- Price$76.91
- Rating4.0
- Reviews47
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Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach
by Wen-mei W. Hwu
- List rank#3
- Price$76.91
- Rating3.2
- Reviews13
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SysML v2 Masterclass: A comprehensive and practical guide to systems modeling with SysML v2
by Dr. Bruce Powel Douglass
- List rank#4
- Price$51.99
- Reviews-
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Platform Engineering: A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders
by Camille Fournier
- List rank#5
- Price$19.79
- Rating4.3
- Reviews83
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Bare-Metal Embedded C Programming: Develop high-performance embedded systems with C for Arm microcontrollers
by Israel Gbati
- List rank#6
- Price$31.91
- Rating4.6
- Reviews107
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Understanding Distributed Systems, Second Edition: What every developer should know about large distributed applications
by Roberto Vitillo
- List rank#7
- Price$32.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews299
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Digital Design and Computer Architecture, RISC-V Edition: RISC-V Edition
by Sarah Harris
- List rank#8
- Price$68.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews83
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Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones)
by Marianne Bellotti
- List rank#9
- Price$18.63
- Rating4.6
- Reviews274
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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone
by J Clark Scott
- List rank#10
- Price$18.92
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,136
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Systems Architecture
FAQ
Is Design & Architecture a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 24 reviews and sells for $41.97.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Design & Architecture?
The median best seller has 24 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Design & Architecture best sellers cost?
The median price is $41.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $32.94 and $62.07.
Can new books break into Design & Architecture?
11% 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.