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Essays (Gardening & Horticulture, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Essays (Gardening & Horticulture, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 79 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.91 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Gardening & Horticulture (337), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.91, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Essays best sellers
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Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers (Hidden Languages)
by Jessica Roux
- List rank#1
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,753
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Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels
by Molly Williams
- List rank#2
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews254
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
- List rank#3
- Price$8.87
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,016
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French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France
by Richard Goodman
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews320
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Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews114
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Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews863
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British Gardens in Time: The Greatest Garden Makers from Capability Brown to Christopher Lloyd
by Katie Campbell
- List rank#7
- Price$0.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book (Ruth Stout Classics)
by Ruth Stout
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews184
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Botanical Shakespeare: An Illustrated Compendium of all the Flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Trees, Seeds, and Grasses Cited by the World's Greatest Playwright
by Gerit Quealy
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews331
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Playing in the Dirt: 90 Devos for Crazy Plant Ladies (A 90-Day Devotional) – The Perfect Christian Gift for Plant Lovers and Gardening Enthusiasts
by DaySpring
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews211
FAQ
Is Essays a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 79 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Essays?
The median best seller has 79 reviews, and 55% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Essays best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.91.
Can new books break into Essays?
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.