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Professional Cooking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Professional Cooking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 288 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 288 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Professional Cooking 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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Spain My Way: Eat, Drink, and Cook Like a Spaniard
by José Andrés
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews128
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Moosewood Restaurant Favorites: The 250 Most-Requested, Naturally-Delicious Recipes from One of America's Best-Loved Restaurants
by Moosewood Collective
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews426
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Lebanon: Cooking the Foods of My Homeland
by Anissa Helou
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9
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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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The Curry Bible: The Ultimate Indian Cookbook Featuring 100 Classic Recipes
by Nisha Katona
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews211
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Stews: One-Pot Comfort Food From Around The World (A Cookbook – 90 Delicious International Recipes)
by Xavier Bramble
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews36
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Hoppers: The Cookbook from the Cult London Restaurant: Recipes, Memories and Inspiration from Sri Lankan Homes, Streets and Beyond
by Karan Gokani
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews186
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Professional Cooking
FAQ
Is Professional Cooking a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 288 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Professional Cooking?
The median best seller has 288 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Professional Cooking best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Professional Cooking?
7% 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.