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Programming (Linux, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Programming (Linux, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $28.57, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $20 – $38 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $28.57 its median price beats 87% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Programming best sellers
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The Linux Command Line, 3rd Edition: A Complete Introduction
by William Shotts
- List rank#1
- Price$27.94
- Rating4.8
- Reviews71
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Linux Basics for Hackers, 2nd Edition: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali
by OccupyTheWeb
- List rank#2
- Price$20.07
- Rating4.8
- Reviews297
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How Linux Works, 3rd Edition: What Every Superuser Should Know
by Brian Ward
- List rank#3
- Price$46.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews826
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Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition: Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS
by Travis Plunk
- List rank#4
- Price$36.30
- Rating4.6
- Reviews323
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Linux for Absolute Beginners: An Introduction to the Linux Operating System, Including Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
by Andrew Warner
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews131
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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book: Harness Nmap, Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, and Empire for cutting-edge pentesting
by Glen D. Singh
- List rank#6
- Price$29.82
- Rating4.6
- Reviews151
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Linux Pocket Guide: Essential Commands
by Daniel J. Barrett
- List rank#7
- Price$19.75
- Rating4.8
- Reviews134
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
by Linus Torvalds
- List rank#8
- Price$11.71
- Rating4.6
- Reviews419
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Mastering Embedded Linux Development: Craft fast and reliable embedded solutions with Linux 6.6 and The Yocto Project 5.0 (Scarthgap)
by Frank Vasquez
- List rank#9
- Price$24.08
- Rating4.4
- Reviews35
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Bash for Beginners 2026: The Complete Guide to Shell Scripting, Automation, and the Linux Command Line (The Beginner's Tech Library Book 3)
by Aiden Corwyn
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Programming a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $28.57.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Programming?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Programming best sellers cost?
The median price is $28.57; half of the best sellers are priced between $20 and $38.
Can new books break into Programming?
17% 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.