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Gastronomy: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Gastronomy, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 316 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $13.12 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2.0× those of the parent category Cookbooks, Food & Wine, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 75% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 316 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Gastronomy best sellers
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Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America
by Mayukh Sen
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews120
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Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,196
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Danube: Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe
by Irina Georgescu
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews60
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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
by Tamar Adler
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews856
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Salt: A World History
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,651
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Kitchen Confidential: the man behind the major motion picture TONY
- List rank#6
- Price$13.53
- Rating4.5
- Reviews27,870
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
by Michelle Zauner
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews32,468
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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
by Nigel Slater
- List rank#8
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,793
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My Egypt: Cooking from My Roots (A Cookbook)
by Michael Mina
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews55
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
by Bee Wilson
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews933
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FAQ
Is Gastronomy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 316 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Gastronomy?
The median best seller has 316 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Gastronomy best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.12.
Can new books break into Gastronomy?
12% 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.