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Eastern (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › European, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Eastern (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › European, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $24.99, median 10 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $17 – $34.33 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category European (409), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 83% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 10 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $24.99 its median price beats 84% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Eastern best sellers
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Crime and Punishment: The Original Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classics)
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,820
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War And Peace: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Leo Tolstoy Classics)
by Leo Tolstoy
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews298
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The Captive Mind
by Czeslaw Milosz
- List rank#3
- Price$16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews450
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Illustrated First Edition): 100th Anniversary OZ Collection
by L. Frank Baum
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,711
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Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
by Jacob Mikanowski
- List rank#5
- Price$14.52
- Rating4.4
- Reviews373
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The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History - Second Edition
by Isaiah Berlin
- List rank#6
- Price$10.40
- Rating4.5
- Reviews167
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Nonrequired Reading: Prose Pieces – Incisive Book Reviews from Gardening to Opera by the Nobel Prize Winner
by Wislawa Szymborska
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews52
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The Ultimate Guide to Tarot: A Color Guide to Real Card Meanings, Spreads and the Secrets of the Tarot for Easy and Intuitive Spiritual Practice
by Marie Grace Betancourt
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews25
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The Metamorphosis: A Norton Critical Edition
by Franz Kafka
- List rank#10
- Price$21.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews366
FAQ
Is Eastern a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 10 reviews and sells for $24.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Eastern?
The median best seller has 10 reviews, and 82% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Eastern best sellers cost?
The median price is $24.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $17 and $34.33.
Can new books break into Eastern?
5% 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.