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Engineering (Reference, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Engineering (Reference, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 4 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
4Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$5.25 – $12.99
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)28%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Reference (230), one of the easier corners under it.
  • 28% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its review barrier is lower than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 4 reviews, so new books can chart with few.

Top 10 Engineering best sellers

  1. Simply AI (DK Simply) book cover by DK

    Simply AI (DK Simply)

    by DK

    • List rank#1
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews123

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  2. The Manual of Lost Knowledge: A Black Start Guide for Rebuilding Civilization book cover by James Holloway

    The Manual of Lost Knowledge: A Black Start Guide for Rebuilding Civilization

    by James Holloway

    • List rank#2
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews13

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  3. Amateur Radio for the Antisocial: It’s not all about the ragchew book cover by Allan Hall

    Amateur Radio for the Antisocial: It’s not all about the ragchew

    by Allan Hall

    • List rank#3
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews200

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  4. Introduction to Elementary Particles book cover by David Griffiths

    Introduction to Elementary Particles

    by David Griffiths

    • List rank#4
    • Price$69
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews253

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  5. Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches book cover by Charles Platt

    Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors

    by Charles Platt

    • List rank#5
    • Price$13.86
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,276

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  6. Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics, Fourth Edition book cover by Stan Gibilisco

    Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics, Fourth Edition

    by Stan Gibilisco

    • List rank#6
    • Price$14.87
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews1,958

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  7. The Safety Moment Playbook: 120 Ready-to-Use Safety Moments for Construction, Industrial a book cover by Michael Brakefield

    The Safety Moment Playbook: 120 Ready-to-Use Safety Moments for Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Teams

    by Michael Brakefield

    • List rank#7
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews1

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  8. Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions: A Compendium of Technological Leaps, Groundbreakin book cover by Terry Breverton

    Breverton's Encyclopedia of Inventions: A Compendium of Technological Leaps, Groundbreaking Discoveries and Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the World

    by Terry Breverton

    • List rank#8
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews86

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  9. Practical Electronics: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself book cover by Andy Cooper

    Practical Electronics: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

    by Andy Cooper

    • List rank#9
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews222

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  10. Construction Estimating : Complete Basic to Advanced Practical Guide (Civil Engineering Pr book cover by Chandan kumar

    Construction Estimating : Complete Basic to Advanced Practical Guide (Civil Engineering Practical Guides Book 1)

    by Chandan kumar

    • List rank#10
    • Price$2.99
    • Reviews-

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FAQ

Is Engineering a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Engineering?

The median best seller has 4 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Engineering best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.25 and $12.99.

Can new books break into Engineering?

28% 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.