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English: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for English, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.99, median 322 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.94 – $22 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Dictionaries & Thesauruses (1,410), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 89% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 71% of Books categories: the median best seller has 322 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 English best sellers
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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#1
- Price$8.13
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,411
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Merriam-Webster's Pocket Spanish-English Dictionary - Compact, Bilingual, Bidirectional Guide
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,805
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My First 1000 English-Espanol Words for Kids (Spanish Edition)
- List rank#3
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews678
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Merriam-Webster’s Concise Dictionary: Large Print Edition
- List rank#4
- Price$19.97
- Rating4.6
- Reviews650
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The Complete Rhyming Dictionary: Including The Poet's Craft Book
by Clement Wood
- List rank#5
- Price$7.46
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,172
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Webster's New Explorer Large Print Dictionary, 3rd Edition - Large, Easy-to-Read Type
by Editors of Merriam-Webster
- List rank#6
- Price$13.31
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,448
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The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
by Francis Brown
- List rank#7
- Price$24.57
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,121
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The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English
by Lynne Murphy
- List rank#8
- Price$13.10
- Rating4.4
- Reviews322
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Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
by John Ayto
- List rank#9
- Price$9.54
- Rating4.5
- Reviews942
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The Professor and The Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
- List rank#10
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.2
- Reviews3,898
FAQ
Is English a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 322 reviews and sells for $13.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in English?
The median best seller has 322 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do English best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.94 and $22.
Can new books break into English?
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.