D&D 5E Amazon best and worst sellers for 5e so far

[JEB]

Swapping out sales rank in category for total reviews as per @Urriak Uruk's suggestion...

Year	Rankings
2014	PHB (39,424) [4.9] DMG (22,755) [4.9] MM (21,802) [4.9] Starter Set* (16,216) [4.7] Hoard of the Dragon Queen (3,061) [4.8] Rise of Tiamat (2,623) [4.8]
2015	SCAG (6,084) [4.7] Out of the Abyss (2,271) [4.8] Princes of the Apocalypse (1,775) [4.7]
2016	Volo's (12,188) [4.9] Curse of Strahd (5,574) [4.9] Storm King's Thunder (2,215) [4.8]
2017	Xanathar's (19,679) [4.9] Tales from the Yawning Portal (3,417) [4.8] Tomb of Annihilation (2,726) [4.8]
2018	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (8,544) [4.9] Ravnica (4,252) [4.8] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (4,165) [4.8] Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (3,141) [4.8]
2019	Essentials Kit (14,279) [4.8] Eberron (7,930) [4.8] Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (3,881) [4.8] Ghosts of Saltmarsh (3,719) [4.8] Rick and Morty starter set (3,378) [4.8] Stranger Things starter set* (2,517) [4.7] Acquisitions Inc. (1,973) [4.7] Tyranny of Dragons* (875) [4.8]
2020	Tasha's (18,625) [4.8] Wildemount (7,951) [4.9] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden* (6,059) [4.8] Theros (4,986) [4.8]
2021	Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (4,051) [4.8] Fizban's (3,461) [4.8] Candlekeep Mysteries (3,416) [4.8] Wild Beyond the Witchlight* (1,851) [4.8] Strixhaven (893) [4.7]

* Not in the "Dungeons & Dragons Game" category

Excepting the ones from outside the D&D category, this lines up pretty well with the category rankings, excepting:

• The DMG edges out the MM
• Ravnica is ahead of the two adventures for 2018
• Baldur's Gate is ahead of Saltmarsh
• Rick and Morty is ahead of Acquisitions Inc
• 2021 completely reshuffles, again, with Ravenloft now on top

I also added the star rating, for reference - D&D books have on average 4.8 stars, the exceptions being:

• 4.9 stars: core rulebooks, Volo's, Curse of Strahd, Xanathar's, Mordenkainen's, Wildemount
• 4.7 stars: Starter Set, SCAG, Princes of the Apocalypse, Stranger Things, Acq Inc, Strixhaven

No 5.0 ratings, and nothing below 4.7.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

It's a common assumption that's always proven wrong. It's not D&D fans plus MtG fans that picks these up, it's the subset of people who are fans of both.

Not really. Most people I know who bought the MtG setting books don’t play MtG. They picked them up to get more tools for a certain type of dnd game, or because they liked what they read about it online, or because of the art, or because they really wanted to play a centaur or whatever.

 

[JEB]

Because apparently I can't stop, started another thread comparing Amazon rankings with the ones on Goodreads.

 

[darjr]

Spelljammer made it to six out of all books, while in preorder