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Software Design & Engineering: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Software Design & Engineering, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $34.99, median 89 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $27.83 – $47.23 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 27% of the parent category Computer Science (330), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $34.99 its median price beats 91% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Software Design & Engineering best sellers
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold
- List rank#1
- Price$32.58
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,085
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The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change
by Tanya Reilly
- List rank#2
- Price$26.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews936
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The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
by David Thomas
- List rank#3
- Price$44.58
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,670
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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
- List rank#4
- Price$25
- Rating4.7
- Reviews9,796
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Building Claude Skills: Turn repeatable work into reusable Claude Skills
by Pietro Montaldo
- List rank#5
- Price$23.74
- Rating4.8
- Reviews17
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System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2
by Alex Xu
- List rank#6
- Price$30.63
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,584
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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
by Camille Fournier
- List rank#7
- Price$22.13
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,398
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Agentic Coding with Claude Code: The everyday developer's guide to agentic coding with Claude Code
by Eden Marco
- List rank#8
- Price$32.78
- Rating4.5
- Reviews65
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
by Martin Fowler
- List rank#9
- Price$45.13
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,232
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Python Programming for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Mastering Python in 7 Days with Hands-On Exercises – Top Secret Coding Tips to Get an Unfair Advantage and Land Your Dream Job!
- List rank#10
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,074
FAQ
Is Software Design & Engineering a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 89 reviews and sells for $34.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Software Design & Engineering?
The median best seller has 89 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Software Design & Engineering best sellers cost?
The median price is $34.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $27.83 and $47.23.
Can new books break into Software Design & Engineering?
11% 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.