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Classic Fiction: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Classic Fiction, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.00, median 528 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $16.91 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Genre Fiction (5,352), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 77% of Books categories: the median best seller has 528 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Classic Fiction best sellers
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$9.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews136,196
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Giovanni's Room
- List rank#3
- Price$11.65
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,621
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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
- List rank#4
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.3
- Reviews7,277
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics S.)
by Oscar Wilde
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews778
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
by Oscar Wilde
- List rank#6
- Price$17.92
- Rating4.3
- Reviews27,776
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Mrs. Dalloway: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition
- List rank#7
- Price$5.93
- Rating4.1
- Reviews6,048
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International)
- List rank#8
- Price$9.41
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,407
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Carmilla (Clockwork Editions)
- List rank#9
- Price$15.28
- Rating4.4
- Reviews911
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition (A Oscar Wilde Classic Novel)
by Oscar Wilde
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews15,252
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FAQ
Is Classic Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 528 reviews and sells for $13.00.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Classic Fiction?
The median best seller has 528 reviews, and 34% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Classic Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.00; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $16.91.
Can new books break into Classic Fiction?
4% 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.