# Amazon API: List Amazon Best Sellers > Lists current Amazon Best Sellers in the closest matching top-level category for a store country (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, Canada or Australia), up to 100 ranked products. Prices, ratings and photos may be missing. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Amazon. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/amazon.com/list-best-sellers - Method: `amazon.com/list_best_sellers`, version 1 - Website: amazon.com - Returns: category name and link, products in rank order (rank, name, price, currency, star rating, number of ratings, photo, product link, ASIN) - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `country` | string | no | | Store country name or two-letter code, for example United Kingdom or DE. Default "United States". | | `category` | string | yes | `"books"` | Category in plain words, such as kitchen, books, toys, or electronics. | | `max_results` | integer | no | `70` | Maximum products to list, for example 50. Default 50. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "category": "books", "max_results": 70 } ``` Its output: ```json { "products": [ { "asin": "168281808X", "rank": 1, "price": 25.99, "photo_link": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/911TynawjkL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg", "star_rating": null, "product_link": "https://www.amazon.com/Threshing-Wing-Claw-Collection-Empyrean/dp/168281808X", "product_name": "Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)", "currency_code": "USD", "number_of_ratings": null }, { "asin": "1668032147", "rank": 2, "price": 29.4, "photo_link": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61-XSfSVAEL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg", "star_rating": 4.6, "product_link": "https://www.amazon.com/Protocols-Operating-Manual-Human-Body/dp/1668032147", "product_name": "Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body", "currency_code": "USD", "number_of_ratings": 133 }, { "asin": "1668236516", "rank": 3, "price": 12.99, "photo_link": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81P0NvoRrWL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg", "star_rating": 4.7, "product_link": "https://www.amazon.com/Theo-Golden-Novel-Allen-Levi/dp/1668236516", "product_name": "Theo of Golden: A Novel", "currency_code": "USD", "number_of_ratings": 192623 } ], "category_link": "https://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-books-Amazon/zgbs/books", "category_name": "Books" } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"amazon.com/list_best_sellers","input":{"category":"books","max_results":70}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - What are the top 20 best-selling kitchen products on Amazon right now in the US? - Show me the current best-selling books in the UK store, top 50 with prices and ratings. - I need the ranked list of top-selling toys in Germany — give me the first 100 with ASINs. - Which electronics are selling the most on Amazon India at the moment? Just the top 10. - Pull the current best seller rankings for beauty products in Australia, around 30 items with star ratings and links. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "category" ], "properties": { "country": { "type": "string", "default": "United States", "description": "Store country name or two-letter code, for example United Kingdom or DE." }, "category": { "type": "string", "description": "Category in plain words, such as kitchen, books, toys, or electronics." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 50, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum products to list, for example 50." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "category_name", "category_link", "products" ], "properties": { "products": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "rank", "product_name", "price", "currency_code", "star_rating", "number_of_ratings", "photo_link", "product_link", "asin" ], "properties": { "asin": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "x-fous-developer": true }, "rank": { "type": "integer" }, "price": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "photo_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "star_rating": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "product_link": { "type": "string" }, "product_name": { "type": "string" }, "currency_code": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "number_of_ratings": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Best sellers in rank order." }, "category_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page for this category on the selected Amazon store." }, "category_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Amazon category used for this list." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Amazon API: Search products](https://fous.com/methods/amazon.com/search-products.md): Searches Amazon products in a chosen country store, with price range, sort, Prime and page options. Returns the listings and prices shown to an anonymous shopper in the store's currency. - [Amazon API: List Amazon Today's Deals](https://fous.com/methods/amazon.com/list-deals.md): Lists current public Today's Deals in page order for an Amazon store country, optionally for one deal category and a minimum discount, with deal and original prices, discount, deal type, time left, share claimed, rating and links. - [Amazon API: Get product](https://fous.com/methods/amazon.com/get-product.md): Gets details for an Amazon product, found by name or by link, in a chosen country store. Offer prices, delivery and variants may be missing when Amazon does not show them publicly. - [Audible API: List best sellers](https://fous.com/methods/audible.com/list-best-sellers.md): Lists the current bestselling audiobooks of an Audible store (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil or Japan), overall or in one chart category, in chart order with listed prices. - [CamelCamelCamel API: List Amazon price drops](https://fous.com/methods/camelcamelcamel.com/list-price-drops.md): Lists the biggest percentage Amazon price drops of the past week on CamelCamelCamel for one Amazon store, optionally in one product category, with old and new prices, photo, category and links. - [Similarweb API: List top websites](https://fous.com/methods/similarweb.com/list-top-websites.md): Lists Similarweb's most visited websites for a category and country, with rankings and engagement figures for the reported month. Anonymous view limits may restrict results, especially for country rankings. - [Steam API: List top sellers](https://fous.com/methods/store.steampowered.com/list-top-sellers.md): Lists Steam's top-selling, discounted, or new and trending games in store order, with prices for a chosen country, review summaries and release dates. - [Twitch API: List top categories](https://fous.com/methods/twitch.tv/list-top-categories.md): Lists Twitch games and categories ranked by current live viewers, with content tags, box art and category links. - [All Amazon methods](https://fous.com/methods/amazon.com.md)