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Herbs (Gardening & Landscape Design, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Herbs (Gardening & Landscape Design, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.99, median 439 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.90 – $22 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 74% of Books categories: the median best seller has 439 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Herbs best sellers
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Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (Back to Basics Guides)
- List rank#1
- Price$24.32
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,493
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Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use
by Rosemary Gladstar
- List rank#2
- Price$9.77
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13,816
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Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine New Edition: 560 Herbs and Remedies for Common Ailments
by Andrew Chevallier
- List rank#3
- Price$22.01
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,809
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Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More (Back to Basics Guides)
- List rank#4
- Price$27.60
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,077
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Peterson Field Guide To Medicinal Plants & Herbs Of Eastern & Central N. America: Third Edition―A Field Guide to Discovering Nature's Remedies in Eastern and Central North America
by Steven Foster
- List rank#5
- Price$16.03
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,580
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Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
by Brett L. Markham
- List rank#6
- Price$14.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,958
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Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series)
- List rank#7
- Price$13.25
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,798
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Martha Stewart's Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing ― An Instant NYT Bestselling Gardening Manual
- List rank#8
- Price$21.17
- Rating4.7
- Reviews603
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The Herbal Apothecary: 100 Medicinal Herbs and How to Use Them
by Dr. JJ Pursell
- List rank#9
- Price$10.98
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,944
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Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies
by Rebecca Beyer
- List rank#10
- Price$11.13
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,297
FAQ
Is Herbs a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 439 reviews and sells for $16.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Herbs?
The median best seller has 439 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Herbs best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.90 and $22.
Can new books break into Herbs?
5% 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.