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Dictionaries & Thesauruses (Reference, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Dictionaries & Thesauruses (Reference, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.90, median 87 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Reference (1,036), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Dictionaries & Thesauruses best sellers
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Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
by Ralph Keyes
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews43
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Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary: New and Enhanced Edition
by Ronald F. Youngblood
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,322
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Kindle Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$7.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,559
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The Well-Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases (Christmas Gift or Stocking Stuffer for Writers or College Students)
by Tom Heehler
- List rank#4
- Price$8.51
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,082
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A Dictionary of Symbols: Revised and Expanded Edition (New York Review Books Classics)
by Juan Eduardo Cirlot
- List rank#5
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews138
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus, Newest Edition, Kindle Edition
- List rank#6
- Price$7.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,347
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The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives: For the Extraordinarily Literate (Highly Selective Reference)
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews60
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The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate (Highly Selective Reference)
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews137
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Master Legal Vocabulary & Terminology- Legal Vocabulary In Use: Contracts, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs + 425 Expert Legal Documents & Templates (Law Books ... Writing, Vocabulary & Terminology Book 1)
by Marc Roche
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews806
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The Dialogue Thesaurus: A Fiction Writer's Sourcebook of Dialogue Tags and Phrases
by Dahlia Evans
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews281
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FAQ
Is Dictionaries & Thesauruses a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 87 reviews and sells for $5.90.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Dictionaries & Thesauruses?
The median best seller has 87 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Dictionaries & Thesauruses best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.90; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Dictionaries & Thesauruses?
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.