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Linguistics (Humanities, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Linguistics (Humanities, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $31.15, median 84 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $17.36 – $48.09 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Humanities (1,270), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $31.15 its median price beats 90% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Linguistics best sellers
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English Grammar For Dummies
by Geraldine Woods
- List rank#1
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews742
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Oxford World's Classics)
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- List rank#2
- Price$11.95
- Rating4.2
- Reviews357
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Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind
by George Lakoff
- List rank#3
- Price$16.72
- Rating4.4
- Reviews179
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A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin
by John F. Collins
- List rank#4
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews253
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A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny
- List rank#6
- Price$28.27
- Rating4.3
- Reviews382
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How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Revised Edition
by Mark Collier
- List rank#7
- Price$21.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews710
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Oxford Paperback Dictionary & Thesaurus
by Oxford Languages
- List rank#8
- Price$15.80
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,096
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The Theory of the Leisure Class (Oxford World's Classics)
by Thorstein Veblen
- List rank#9
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.4
- Reviews145
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Introduction to Attic Greek
by Donald J. Mastronarde
- List rank#10
- Price$40.93
- Rating4.6
- Reviews99
FAQ
Is Linguistics a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 84 reviews and sells for $31.15.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Linguistics?
The median best seller has 84 reviews, and 53% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Linguistics best sellers cost?
The median price is $31.15; half of the best sellers are priced between $17.36 and $48.09.
Can new books break into Linguistics?
0% 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.