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Languages & Tools: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Languages & Tools, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $24.41 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 20% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 22% of the parent category Programming (60), one of the easier corners under it.
- 20% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 14 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Languages & Tools best sellers
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,085
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Pragmatic Programmer, The: Your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition
by David Thomas
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,670
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Claude Anthology: The 4-in-1 Path From First Prompt to Recurring Revenue | Prompt Engineering, Claude Code, AI Agents, and Money & Business
by Ryan Lee
- List rank#3
- Price$1
- Rating4.5
- Reviews46
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Python (2nd Edition): Learn Python in One Day and Learn It Well. Python for Beginners with Hands-on Project. (Learn Coding Fast with Hands-On Project Book 1)
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,207
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Python Workbook: Learn Python in one day and Learn It Well (Workbook with Questions, Solutions and Projects) (Learn Coding Fast Workbook 1)
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews939
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Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
by Eric Matthes
- List rank#6
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,546
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Python for Everybody: Exploring Data in Python 3
by Charles R. Severance
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,319
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition
by Al Sweigart
- List rank#8
- Price$31.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews222
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Django Web Development with Python: Learn to build modern web applications with a Python-based Django.
by Ignacio Zambrano
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2
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Python Programming Exercises, Gently Explained
by Al Sweigart
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews112
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Programming Languages
FAQ
Is Languages & Tools a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Languages & Tools?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 72% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Languages & Tools best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $24.41.
Can new books break into Languages & Tools?
20% 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.