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Meals: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Meals, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $2.99, median 120 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $7.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 25% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- 25% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $0.99 to $7.74, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Meals best sellers
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Alton Brown: EveryDayCook: A Cookbook
by Alton Brown
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,832
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Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,196
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The Essential Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook for Beginners: Easy & Budget-Smart Recipes from Dry Mixes to Meals with Meal Plans & Shelf-Life Tips | Including Spice Mixtures, Baking Mixes, Soup Bases & More!
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews127
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The Amish Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook: 150 Easy, Budget-Friendly From-Scratch Baking Mixes, Soups, Gravies & Seasonings | Shop Once a Month, Feed a Family or a Crowd, 30-Day Meal Plan & Shopping Lists
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews87
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The Tucci Table: Cooking With Family and Friends
by Stanley Tucci
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,778
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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
by Tamar Adler
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews856
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The Little Swedish Kitchen: Over 100 recipes to celebrate every season
by Rachel Khoo
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews341
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Bowls & Broths: Build a Bowl of Flavour from Scratch, with Dumplings, Noodles, and More
by Pippa Middlehurst
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews298
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The Greatest Traybake Cookbook Ever: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
by John Gregory-Smith
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews430
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Meals a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 120 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Meals?
The median best seller has 120 reviews, and 47% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Meals best sellers cost?
The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $7.74.
Can new books break into Meals?
25% 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.