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Lisp: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Lisp, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $38.75, median 12 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $26.49 – $69.62 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Programming Languages (297), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $38.75 its median price beats 93% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 83% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Lisp best sellers
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Common LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation (Dover Books on Engineering)
by David S. Touretzky
- List rank#1
- Price$33.41
- Rating4.4
- Reviews136
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Lisp Programming for AI and Automation: A Beginner’s Guide to Common Lisp, Symbolic Computing, Rule-Based Logic, Macros, and Practical Projects
by George Ridge
- List rank#2
- Price$23
- Reviews-
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Rust: Rust Programming, In 8 Hours, For Beginners, Learn Coding Fast: Rust Language, Crash Course Textbook & Exercises (Cookbooks in 8 Hours 15)
by Ray Yao
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6
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The Racket Guide (Racket Programming Language)
by Matthew Flatt
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews3
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Programming Clojure, Fourth Edition
by Alex Miller
- List rank#5
- Price$51.83
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Clojure for the Brave and True: Learn the Ultimate Language and Become a Better Programmer
by Daniel Higginbotham
- List rank#6
- Price$25
- Rating4.6
- Reviews206
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RACKET PROGRAMMING FOR LANGUAGE DESIGN AND AI LOGIC: Create domain-specific languages and symbolic AI systems with Scheme precision
by James Lawson
- List rank#7
- Price$5.89
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Common LISP. The Language. Second Edition
by Guy Steele
- List rank#8
- Price$108
- Rating4.7
- Reviews41
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Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
by Conrad Barski
- List rank#9
- Price-
- Rating4.5
- Reviews160
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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp
by Peter Norvig
- List rank#10
- Price$43.71
- Rating4.7
- Reviews65
FAQ
Is Lisp a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 12 reviews and sells for $38.75.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Lisp?
The median best seller has 12 reviews, and 91% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Lisp best sellers cost?
The median price is $38.75; half of the best sellers are priced between $26.49 and $69.62.
Can new books break into Lisp?
3% 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.