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Painting (Visual Arts, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Painting (Visual Arts, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $49.95, median 6 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $31.71 – $76.79 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Visual Arts (61), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $49.95 its median price beats 96% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Painting best sellers
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks)
by Michael Baxandall
- List rank#1
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews148
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Anna Mason's Watercolour World: Create vibrant, realistic paintings inspired by nature
by Anna Mason
- List rank#2
- Price$22.40
- Rating4.7
- Reviews618
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On Not Being Able to Paint (The Collected Works of Marion Milner)
by Marion Milner
- List rank#3
- Price$31.44
- Rating4.2
- Reviews57
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The Academy: Year One: Drawing
by Timothy E Rees
- List rank#4
- Price$25
- Rating3.7
- Reviews12
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What Painting Is
by James Elkins
- List rank#5
- Price$42.53
- Rating3.9
- Reviews23
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The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit: Tips, Templates, and Techniques for Planning and Running a Successful Paint Shop in the Theatre and Performing Arts (The Focal Press Toolkit Series)
by Jennifer Rose Ivey
- List rank#6
- Price$36.29
- Rating5.0
- Reviews11
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Constable's Skies (V&A Artists in Focus)
by Mark Evans
- List rank#7
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews83
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The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, 4th Revised and Updated Edition
by Ralph Mayer
- List rank#8
- Price-
- Rating4.7
- Reviews62
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A Theory of /Cloud: Toward a History of Painting (Cultural Memory in the Present)
by Hubert Damisch
- List rank#9
- Price$25.29
- Rating4.2
- Reviews9
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Field Sketching for Environmental Designers
by Chip Sullivan
- List rank#10
- Price$47.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6
FAQ
Is Painting a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6 reviews and sells for $49.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Painting?
The median best seller has 6 reviews, and 97% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Painting best sellers cost?
The median price is $49.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $31.71 and $76.79.
Can new books break into Painting?
1% 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.