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Restaurant & Food (Cooking Education & Reference, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Restaurant & Food (Cooking Education & Reference, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.91, median 119 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.44 – $24.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Cooking Education & Reference (1,792), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 22, 12 points lower than here.
Top 10 Restaurant & Food best sellers
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Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
by Danny Meyer
- List rank#1
- Price$18.89
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,375
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- List rank#2
- Price$36.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,109
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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
by Rich Cohen
- List rank#3
- Price$15.98
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,600
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The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
by Benjamin Lorr
- List rank#4
- Price$12.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,547
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Fast Food Nation 25th Anniversary Edition: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,336
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The Professional Chef
by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
- List rank#6
- Price$56.11
- Rating4.7
- Reviews230
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Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
- List rank#7
- Price$11.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews104
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Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
by Ray Kroc
- List rank#8
- Price$14.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,761
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Meehan's Bartender Manual: [A Cocktail Reference and Recipe Book]
by Jim Meehan
- List rank#9
- Price$19.29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,341
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Restaurant Success by the Numbers, Second Edition: A Money-Guy's Guide to Opening the Next New Hot Spot
by Roger Fields
- List rank#10
- Price$19.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews681
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Restaurant & Food
FAQ
Is Restaurant & Food a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 119 reviews and sells for $16.91.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Restaurant & Food?
The median best seller has 119 reviews, and 47% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Restaurant & Food best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.91; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.44 and $24.99.
Can new books break into Restaurant & Food?
12% 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.