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Special Occasions: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Special Occasions, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $2.99, median 162 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $10.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.99 to $10.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Special Occasions best sellers
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Martha Stewart's Cookie Perfection: 100+ Recipes to Take Your Sweet Treats to the Next Level: A Baking Book
by Editors of Martha Stewart Living
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,528
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Spain My Way: Eat, Drink, and Cook Like a Spaniard
by José Andrés
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews128
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Betty Crocker's Cooky Book
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,196
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Six Seasons of Pasta: A New Way with Everyone's Favorite Food
by Joshua McFadden
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews160
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The Little Swedish Kitchen: Over 100 recipes to celebrate every season
by Rachel Khoo
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews341
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My Southern Food: A Celebration of the Flavors of the South
by Devon O'Day
- List rank#6
- Price$0.50
- Rating4.6
- Reviews83
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An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace
by Tamar Adler
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews856
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Great British Bake Off: Winter Kitchen
by Lizzie Kamenetzky
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews154
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Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin’s (A Cookbook to Help You Enjoy Delicious Nostalgia with Some Modern Sass)
by Hannah Dasher
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews191
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Honey: Recipes From a Beekeeper's Kitchen
by Amy Newsome
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews61
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Special Occasions a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 162 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Special Occasions?
The median best seller has 162 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Special Occasions best sellers cost?
The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $10.24.
Can new books break into Special Occasions?
16% 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.