Amazon Best Sellers
Amazon Best Sellers is Amazon's free set of category rank lists for book researchers that shows the top-selling and hot new titles in Books and the Kindle Store.
At a glance
- Price
- Free
- Platforms
- Web
- Outputs KDP-ready files
- No
- Touches your KDP account
- No
- Categories
- Book & Niche Research, Official KDP & Amazon
- Last checked
- 2026-11-09
Summary
Amazon's Best Sellers lists show the top 100 titles in each Books and Kindle Store category, ranked by recent and historical customer activity, with the Kindle Store split into Paid and Free lists; Hot New Releases ranks the best-selling new and upcoming titles. For a KDP publisher they are free, first-party data for spotting what sells in a niche and what new titles are breaking in. They show rank, not sales numbers; ranks are relative and update at least daily, so turning them into sales estimates needs a third-party tool.
Best for
- Browsing what currently sells in a book category
Pros
- First-party Amazon rank data, free and without an account
- Category-level lists plus Hot New Releases show both established and rising titles
Cons
- No sales figures, search volume or history
- Only the top 100 per category list is shown
In our guides
Alternatives
- BookBeam: BookBeam is a subscription web app and Chrome extension for niche research, keyword research and ongoing tracking of books on Amazon.
- KDSPY: KDSPY is a paid browser extension that shows category, keyword, competitor and revenue estimates directly on Amazon pages.
- Publisher Rocket: Publisher Rocket is a downloadable keyword, category and competition research app for Amazon book publishers, sold as a one-time purchase.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the vendor and these pages. Prices change; confirm on the vendor site.
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/books
- https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201648140
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