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Ancient, Classical & Medieval (Poetry, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Ancient, Classical & Medieval (Poetry, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.72, median 222 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $9.99 |
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| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Poetry (1,350), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $4.72 its median price is below 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
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#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews43
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The Canterbury Tales: (original-Spelling Edition) (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews561
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Paradise Lost (AmazonClassics Edition)
by John Milton
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,903
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The Canterbury Tales
- List rank#8
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,862
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The Essential Rumi - reissue: New Expanded Edition of The Popular Spiritual Poetry Collection
- List rank#10
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,608
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FAQ
Is Ancient, Classical & Medieval a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 222 reviews and sells for $4.72.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ancient, Classical & Medieval?
The median best seller has 222 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ancient, Classical & Medieval best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.72; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Ancient, Classical & Medieval?
0% 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.