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Illustration (Commercial, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Illustration (Commercial, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 49 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.05 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category Commercial (152), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.05, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Illustration best sellers
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Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts
by Chip Kidd
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews535
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Flights of Fancy Adult Coloring Book: Beautiful Birds and Butterfly Prints: 50 Designs of Calming & Relaxing Birds and Other Flying Creatures to Color
by The Quoted Page
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6
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The Illustrator's Guide to Procreate: How to create digital art on your iPad
by Ruth Burrows
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews210
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The Graphic Design Bible: The definitive guide to contemporary and historical graphic design
by Theo Inglis
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews56
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Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors
by Betty Edwards
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,114
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The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective: Easy Techniques for Mastering Perspective Drawing on Location
by Stephanie Bower
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews597
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Chykic Hunter RISA and Her Naughty Life– ILLUST BOOK: #NaughtyRisa4
by Soto Uchikawa
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating2.6
- Reviews4
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Classic Album Covers of the 1970s: A Visual History of Rock and Punk Vinyl Record Art
by Aubrey Powell
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews60
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Get Set Procreate: A practical guide, filled with tips, tricks, and best practices, for illustrating on an iPad
by Samadrita Ghosh
- List rank#9
- Price$36.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11
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Light for Visual Artists Second Edition: Understanding, Using Light in Art & Design
by Richard Yot
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews275
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FAQ
Is Illustration a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 49 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Illustration?
The median best seller has 49 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Illustration best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.05.
Can new books break into Illustration?
7% 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.