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Media Tie-In (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Media Tie-In (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 424 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).

25Opportunity / 100
$11.99Median price
424Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)11%
Books on the list99
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 2.7× those of the parent category Cookbooks, Food & Wine, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
  • At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 424 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Media Tie-In best sellers

  1. Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves book cover by Stephen Colbert

    Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves

    by Stephen Colbert

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,960

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  2. The Blue Zones American Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 book cover by Dan Buettner

    The Blue Zones American Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100

    by Dan Buettner

    • List rank#2
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews1,467

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  3. Winter in the Highlands: Eating, Drinking and Celebrating in Scotland book cover by Flora Shedden

    Winter in the Highlands: Eating, Drinking and Celebrating in Scotland

    by Flora Shedden

    • List rank#3
    • Price$18.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews48

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  4. One: Simple One-Pan Wonders: [American Measurements] book cover by Jamie Oliver

    One: Simple One-Pan Wonders: [American Measurements]

    by Jamie Oliver

    • List rank#4
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews7,826

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  5. Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt Peopl book cover by Hannah Dasher

    Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin’s (A Cookbook to Help You Enjoy Delicious Nostalgia with Some Modern Sass)

    by Hannah Dasher

    • List rank#5
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews191

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  6. Dolly's Kitchen: 96 Delightful Recipes Inspired by Dollywood book cover by Savory Seasons Spot

    Dolly's Kitchen: 96 Delightful Recipes Inspired by Dollywood

    by Savory Seasons Spot

    • List rank#6
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews192

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  7. Christmas at Highclere: A festive gift book featuring recipes and traditions, perfect for  book cover by The Countess of Carnarvon

    Christmas at Highclere: A festive gift book featuring recipes and traditions, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey

    by The Countess of Carnarvon

    • List rank#7
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews1,462

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  8. We Thought They'd Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family book cover by Tony Shalhoub

    We Thought They'd Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family

    by Tony Shalhoub

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews3

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  9. One Plate at a Time: Recipes for Finding Freedom with Food book cover by Demi Lovato

    One Plate at a Time: Recipes for Finding Freedom with Food

    by Demi Lovato

    • List rank#9
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews124

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  10. Why I Cook book cover by Tom Colicchio

    Why I Cook

    by Tom Colicchio

    • List rank#10
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews290

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FAQ

Is Media Tie-In a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 424 reviews and sells for $11.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Media Tie-In?

The median best seller has 424 reviews, and 21% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Media Tie-In best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Media Tie-In?

11% 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.