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Ancient, Classical & Medieval (Poetry, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Ancient, Classical & Medieval (Poetry, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $13.00, median 712 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.32 – $17.99 |
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| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 40% of the parent category Poetry (1,780), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 81% of Books categories: the median best seller has 712 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Ancient, Classical & Medieval best sellers
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The Complete Old English Poems (The Middle Ages Series)
by Tom Shippey
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews43
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
by Seamus Heaney
- List rank#6
- Price$9.52
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,308
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Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
- List rank#7
- Price$19.44
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,075
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HOMER: The Iliad & the Odyssey (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
by Homer
- List rank#8
- Price$21.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,321
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The Canterbury Tales: (original-Spelling Edition) (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews561
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Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Ancient, Classical & Medieval
FAQ
Is Ancient, Classical & Medieval a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 712 reviews and sells for $13.00.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ancient, Classical & Medieval?
The median best seller has 712 reviews, and 5% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ancient, Classical & Medieval best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.00; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.32 and $17.99.
Can new books break into Ancient, Classical & Medieval?
1% 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.