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How-to & Home Improvements (Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for How-to & Home Improvements (Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 74 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 36/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 31% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 31% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- The same niche in Books scores 46, 11 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 How-to & Home Improvements best sellers
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A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home: Housekeeping Hacks You Can't Live Without
by Melissa Dilkes Pateras
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews357
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Prepare Your Home for a Sudden Grid-Down Situation: Take Self-Reliance to the Next Level with Proven Methods and Strategies to Survive a Grid-Down Crisis ... Modern Family to Prepare for Any Crisis)
by Ted Riley
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,460
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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
by KC Davis LPC
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,583
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Better Homes & Gardens | October 2026
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11
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The Complete Amish Survival Manual: Break the Chains of Modern Slavery and Achieve Self-Sufficiency | Herbal Remedies, DIY Projects, Canning, Survival Skills, and Off-Grid Living
by Isaiah Schwartz
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,442
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The Complete Lost Skills Of Independence: 200+ Forgotten Skills with Step-by-Step Instructions for Homesteading, Food Preservation, Of -Grid Living, Home Remedies and Preparedness + a 52-Week Plan
by Walter Hollis
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Southern Living | November 2026
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews6
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Magnolia Journal Fall | 2026
by Magnolia Journal
- List rank#8
- Price$6.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews65
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Southern Living | October 2026
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews12
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Wirecutter: How to Clean Everything: Tested Advice for Taking Care of Your Home (and Stuff)
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
Subcategories
- Maintenance & Repair33
- Do-It-Yourself32
- Cleaning, Caretaking & Relocating29
- Reference28
- Household Hints27
- Electrical26
- Carpentry25
- Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning25
- Plumbing & Household Automation25
- Furniture24
- Estimating23
- Energy23
- Small Spaces22
- Small Appliance Repair22
- Roofing21
- Masonry20
- Hand Tools20
- Power Tools20
- Moving & Relocation19
Same niche in Books: Home Improvement & Design
FAQ
Is How-to & Home Improvements a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 36/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 74 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in How-to & Home Improvements?
The median best seller has 74 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do How-to & Home Improvements best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into How-to & Home Improvements?
31% 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.