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Perl (Programming Languages, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Perl (Programming Languages, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $24.97, median 20 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $17.01 – $36.63 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Programming Languages (297), 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 $24.97 its median price beats 84% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Perl best sellers
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Regular Expression Pocket Reference: Regular Expressions for Perl, Ruby, PHP, Python, C, Java and .NET (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
by Tony Stubblebine
- List rank#1
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews212
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CGI Programming with Perl: Creating Dynamic Web Pages
by Scott Guelich
- List rank#2
- Price$16.48
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31
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Programming Perl: Unmatched power for text processing and scripting
by Tom Christiansen
- List rank#3
- Price$30.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews121
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Perl How to Program
by Harvey M. Deitel
- List rank#4
- Price$102
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15
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An Introduction to Language Processing with Perl and Prolog: An Outline of Theories, Implementation, and Application with Special Consideration of English, French, and German (Cognitive Technologies)
by Pierre M. Nugues
- List rank#5
- Price$64.88
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3
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Learning Perl: Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible
by Randal L. Schwartz
- List rank#6
- Price$44.93
- Rating4.4
- Reviews29
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Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
by James Tisdall
- List rank#7
- Price$12.88
- Rating4.3
- Reviews23
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Perl Pocket Reference: Programming Tools
by Johan Vromans
- List rank#8
- Price$7.63
- Rating4.7
- Reviews70
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Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs
by Mark Jason Dominus
- List rank#9
- Price$52.68
- Rating4.6
- Reviews37
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Perl Programming for Beginners: An Introduction to Learn Perl Programming with Tutorials and Hands-On Examples
by Nathan Metzler
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews7
FAQ
Is Perl a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 20 reviews and sells for $24.97.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Perl?
The median best seller has 20 reviews, and 92% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Perl best sellers cost?
The median price is $24.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $17.01 and $36.63.
Can new books break into Perl?
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.