Crafts, Hobbies & Home — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Crafts, Hobbies & Home best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 70.5/100.
Category metrics
Score
70.5
Median reviews
57.5
Weak share (top 20)
65%
Median price
$4.99
Median star rating
4.5
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Crafts, Hobbies & Home sits below our demand gate: 65% of the top 20 is under-reviewed, but overall reader activity is thin too. It can be a quiet corner to build in slowly — validate demand with keyword lookups before committing a series. Ease-of-entry score 70.5/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Southern Living | October 2026 | 3.7 | 6 | $3.99 |
| 9 | HGTV Magazine | September/October 2026 | 4.6 | 22 | $3.99 |
| 14 | Southern Living | September 2026 | 3.6 | 25 | $3.99 |
| 1 | Woman's Day | October/November 2026 | 4.4 | 34 | $2.99 |
| 2 | Frame by Frame: Nora Blackwell Cozy Mystery Series | 4.9 | 34 | $4.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| october 2026 | 8 | 251 |
| september october 2026 | 4 | 134 |
| september 2026 | 3 | 99 |
| good housekeeping | 3 | 97 |
| october november 2026 | 2 | 93 |
| fall 2026 | 3 | 91 |
| living october | 2 | 81 |
| country living | 2 | 77 |
| southern living | 2 | 75 |
| better homes gardens september | 2 | 62 |
| homes gardens september 2026 | 2 | 62 |
| august 2026 | 2 | 58 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.