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Restaurant & Food (Industries, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Restaurant & Food (Industries, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 150 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 23% of the parent category Industries (644), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 34, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Restaurant & Food best sellers
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Fast Food Nation 25th Anniversary Edition: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,336
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What to Eat
by Marion Nestle
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews351
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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$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,600
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Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews695
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Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
by Ray Kroc
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,761
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The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
by Benjamin Lorr
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,547
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The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
by John Seabrook
- List rank#7
- Price$9.97
- Rating4.2
- Reviews348
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The Way We Eat Now: How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World
by Bee Wilson
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews337
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Napa: The Story of an American Eden
by James Conaway
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews199
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The Bottomless Cup: A Memoir of Secrets, Restaurants, and Forgiveness
by Kevin Boehm
- List rank#10
- Price$16.71
- Rating4.5
- Reviews141
Same niche in Books: Restaurant & Food
FAQ
Is Restaurant & Food a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 150 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Restaurant & Food?
The median best seller has 150 reviews, and 44% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Restaurant & Food best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Restaurant & Food?
10% 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.