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Production & Operations (Management & Leadership, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Production & Operations (Management & Leadership, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $21.03, median 116 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $17.29 – $29.01 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 15% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Management & Leadership (11,881), one of the easier corners under it.
- 15% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 80% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Production & Operations best sellers
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Aniversary Edition
by Eliyahu Goldratt
- List rank#2
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,663
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The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
- List rank#3
- Price$12.98
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,774
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
by Gene Kim
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews15,009
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Operational Integrity in Action: A Plant Turnaround Story Using the 3P Diagnostic System (Operational Integrity Series Book 2)
by Chris Clevenger
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews61
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The First-Time Manager (First-Time Manager Series)
by Jim McCormick
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,092
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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
by Colin Bryar
- List rank#7
- Price$15.04
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,516
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The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability
by Roger Connors
- List rank#8
- Price$8.26
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,679
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The AI Workforce: How to Redesign and Scale Your Business with Artificial Intelligence
by Jordan Samuel Fleming
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews35
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The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel
- List rank#10
- Price$18.33
- Rating4.5
- Reviews954
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FAQ
Is Production & Operations a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 116 reviews and sells for $21.03.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Production & Operations?
The median best seller has 116 reviews, and 47% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Production & Operations best sellers cost?
The median price is $21.03; half of the best sellers are priced between $17.29 and $29.01.
Can new books break into Production & Operations?
15% 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.