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Dictionaries (Children's Books › Reference, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Dictionaries (Children's Books › Reference, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.03, median 246 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10 – $17.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Reference (1,666), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Dictionaries best sellers
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Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary - Features 37,000+ words, 900+ full-color illustrations, photos, & more
- List rank#1
- Price$19.97
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,359
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Merriam-Webster's Word-for-Word Spanish-English Dictionary
- List rank#2
- Price$5.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,907
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Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary, New Edition: Features 3,000 Photographs and Illustrations
by DK
- List rank#3
- Price$18.29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews7,341
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Spectrum Spelling Workbook Grade 2, Ages 7 to 8, 2nd Grade Spelling Workbook, Phonics, Handwriting Practice with Sight Words, Vowels, and Compound Words With English Dictionary - 208 Pages
by Spectrum
- List rank#4
- Price$8.13
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,411
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Spectrum Spelling Workbook Grade 3, Ages 8 to 9, 3rd Grade Spelling Workbook Covering Phonics, Handwriting Practice with Vowels, Consonants, Dictionary Skills, and More, Spelling Books for 3rd Grade
by Spectrum
- List rank#5
- Price$10
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,401
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary for Children
- List rank#6
- Price$15.77
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,945
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Children's Dictionary: 3,000 Words, Pictures, and Definitions
by Martin Manser
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,288
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Merriam-Webster’s First Dictionary
- List rank#8
- Price$11.35
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,296
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Merriam-Webster’s Visual Dictionary: Second Edition - Newest Edition: Second Edition
- List rank#9
- Price$21.60
- Rating4.8
- Reviews674
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My First 1000 Words: Early Learning Picture Book to learn Alphabet, Numbers, Shapes and Colors, Transport, Birds and Animals, Professions, Opposite Words
- List rank#10
- Price$8.83
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,327
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Dictionaries
FAQ
Is Dictionaries a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 246 reviews and sells for $13.03.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Dictionaries?
The median best seller has 246 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Dictionaries best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.03; half of the best sellers are priced between $10 and $17.99.
Can new books break into Dictionaries?
3% 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.