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Device Drivers: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Device Drivers, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $36.92, median 4 reviews, average rating 4.0 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $25.03 – $65.25 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.0 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 98 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category APIs & Operating Environments (36), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 92% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 4 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $36.92 its median price beats 92% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Device Drivers best sellers
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Linux Kernel Programming: A comprehensive and practical guide to kernel internals, writing modules, and kernel synchronization
by Kaiwan N. Billimoria
- List rank#1
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews65
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USB Complete: The Developer's Guide (Complete Guides series)
by Jan Axelson
- List rank#2
- Price$30.16
- Rating4.5
- Reviews91
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Linux Device Driver Development: Everything you need to start with device driver development for Linux kernel and embedded Linux, 2nd Edition
by John Madieu
- List rank#3
- Price$39.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews42
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Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition
by Daniel P. Bovet
- List rank#4
- Price$31.19
- Rating4.4
- Reviews222
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Getting Started with Linux Device Drivers, Volume 1: Linux Kernel Fundamentals and PCI Express (Introduction to Linux Device Drivers)
by Yutaka Hirata
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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Getting Started with Linux Device Drivers, Volume 2: PCI Express, Interrupts, and DMA (Introduction to Linux Device Drivers)
by Yutaka Hirata
- List rank#6
- Price$14.80
- Reviews-
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Getting Started with Linux Device Drivers, Volume 3: Practical Ethernet Network Driver Development (Introduction to Linux Device Drivers)
by Yutaka Hirata
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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Linux Kernel Programming in Practice: Build Kernel Modules, Device Drivers, and Debugging Skills to Write Safer, More Reliable Low-Level Linux Code
by Cameron McLucas
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Operating System Design: The Xinu Approach
by Douglas Comer
- List rank#9
- Price$108
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Anatomy of an Interface: MSXPi: A Case Study in Hardware/Software Co-Design
by Ronivon Costa
- List rank#10
- Price$37.31
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Device Drivers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4 reviews and sells for $36.92.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Device Drivers?
The median best seller has 4 reviews, and 88% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Device Drivers best sellers cost?
The median price is $36.92; half of the best sellers are priced between $25.03 and $65.25.
Can new books break into Device Drivers?
13% 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.