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English Literature: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for English Literature, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.95, median 164 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.95 – $25.27 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 39% of the parent category Literature (417), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 English Literature best sellers
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The Oxford Shakespeare: Hamlet
- List rank#1
- Price$10.19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews547
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Macbeth (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
- List rank#2
- Price$14.21
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,703
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Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction (Volume 0)
by Brian P. Copenhaver
- List rank#3
- Price$54.94
- Rating4.7
- Reviews409
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An Experiment in Criticism (Canto Classics)
- List rank#4
- Price$15.62
- Rating4.7
- Reviews292
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Complete Sonnets and Poems: The Oxford ShakespeareThe Complete Sonnets and Poems (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$14.44
- Rating4.6
- Reviews499
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Hamlet: Revised Edition (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)
by William Shakespeare
- List rank#6
- Price$12.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews526
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Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
- List rank#7
- Price$14.85
- Rating4.7
- Reviews197
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Macbeth: Third Series (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)
- List rank#8
- Price$12.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews866
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The Tempest (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
- List rank#9
- Price$15.50
- Rating4.6
- Reviews224
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Lord Byron: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
by George Gordon Lord Byron
- List rank#10
- Price$17.65
- Rating4.7
- Reviews353
FAQ
Is English Literature a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 164 reviews and sells for $14.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in English Literature?
The median best seller has 164 reviews, and 32% of them have fewer than 100.
What do English Literature best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.95 and $25.27.
Can new books break into English Literature?
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.