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Reference (Television, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Reference (Television, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.14, median 200 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$16.14Median price
200Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$10.99 – $20
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
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Top 10 Reference best sellers

  1. Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly book cover by Anthony Bourdain

    Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

    by Anthony Bourdain

    • List rank#1
    • Price$16.74
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews208

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  2. Bart Simpson's Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed ― A Humorous Gift Book of W book cover by Matt Groening

    Bart Simpson's Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed ― A Humorous Gift Book of Wit and Wisdom

    by Matt Groening

    • List rank#2
    • Price$12.12
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews560

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  3. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Minicomic Collection book cover by Various

    He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Minicomic Collection

    by Various

    • List rank#3
    • Price$21.42
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews2,329

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  4. What Would Ted Lasso Do?: How Ted's Positive Approach Can Help You book cover by Lucy Broadbent

    What Would Ted Lasso Do?: How Ted's Positive Approach Can Help You

    by Lucy Broadbent

    • List rank#4
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews469

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  5. Star Trek Timelines book cover by Derek Tyler Attico

    Star Trek Timelines

    by Derek Tyler Attico

    • List rank#5
    • Price$60
    • Reviews-

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  6. Star Trek The Next Generation: Technical Manual book cover by Rick Sternbach

    Star Trek The Next Generation: Technical Manual

    by Rick Sternbach

    • List rank#6
    • Price$13.98
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews788

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  7. BoJack Horseman: The Art Before the Horse book cover by Chris McDonnell

    BoJack Horseman: The Art Before the Horse

    by Chris McDonnell

    • List rank#7
    • Price$29.69
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews1,188

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  8. Back in Time: Classic TV Word Search Puzzles for Adults and Seniors: Travel Back to Your F book cover by Betty Bright

    Back in Time: Classic TV Word Search Puzzles for Adults and Seniors: Travel Back to Your Favorite TV Shows with 100 Nostalgic and Fun Themed Puzzles ... Puzzles for Curious Kids and their Parents)

    by Betty Bright

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews47

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  9. The Star Trek Book New Edition book cover by Paul J. Ruditis

    The Star Trek Book New Edition

    by Paul J. Ruditis

    • List rank#9
    • Price$18.87
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews622

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  10. The Friends Book of Lists: The Official Guide to All the Characters, Quotes, and Memorable book cover by Michelle Morgan

    The Friends Book of Lists: The Official Guide to All the Characters, Quotes, and Memorable Moments

    by Michelle Morgan

    • List rank#10
    • Price$18.75
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews158

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FAQ

Is Reference a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 200 reviews and sells for $16.14.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Reference?

The median best seller has 200 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Reference best sellers cost?

The median price is $16.14; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.99 and $20.

Can new books break into Reference?

6% 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.