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European (International & World Politics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for European (International & World Politics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.25, median 1,072 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.10 – $18.68 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,072 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 European best sellers
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- List rank#1
- Price$11.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21,401
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Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II
- List rank#2
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,045
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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
by Jeremy D. Popkin
- List rank#3
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews875
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The Prince (Reader's Library Classics)
- List rank#4
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,485
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CUCKOO'S EGG
by Clifford Stoll
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,311
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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,262
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Machiavelli: A Biography
by Miles Unger
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews93
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The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation ― The Classic Soviet History Memoir about the Bureaucracy of Terror (Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956)
- List rank#9
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,485
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53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy
by Timothy W. Ryback
- List rank#10
- Price$18.84
- Rating4.5
- Reviews62
FAQ
Is European a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,072 reviews and sells for $15.25.
How many reviews do you need to rank in European?
The median best seller has 1,072 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.
What do European best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.25; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.10 and $18.68.
Can new books break into European?
8% 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.