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European (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › World Literature, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for European (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › World Literature, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $20.53, median 34 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).

34Opportunity / 100
$20.53Median price
34Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$12.99 – $39.88
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)4%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.99 to $39.88, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 European best sellers

  1. Faust, Part One: Part One (Oxford World's Classics) book cover by J. W. von Goethe

    Faust, Part One: Part One (Oxford World's Classics)

    by J. W. von Goethe

    • List rank#1
    • Price$9.26
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,183

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  2. Doctor Faustus (Oxford World's Classics) book cover by Thomas Mann

    Doctor Faustus (Oxford World's Classics)

    by Thomas Mann

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.90
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews9

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  3. Paradise Lost (Hackett Classics) book cover by John Milton

    Paradise Lost (Hackett Classics)

    by John Milton

    • List rank#3
    • Price$16
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews283

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  4. Antigone (Hackett Classics) book cover by Sophocles

    Antigone (Hackett Classics)

    by Sophocles

    • List rank#4
    • Price$12
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews180

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  5. CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (CliffsNotes on Literature) book cover by Gary Carey M.A.

    CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (CliffsNotes on Literature)

    by Gary Carey M.A.

    • List rank#5
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews73

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  6. Faust: Part Two (Oxford World's Classics) book cover by J. W. von Goethe

    Faust: Part Two (Oxford World's Classics)

    by J. W. von Goethe

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.14
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews198

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  7. The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics) book cover by Elias Lönnrot

    The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics)

    by Elias Lönnrot

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.87
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews355

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  8. Iliad (Hackett Classics) book cover by Homer

    Iliad (Hackett Classics)

    by Homer

    • List rank#8
    • Price$18
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews586

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  9. The Hammer of Witches: A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum book cover by Christopher S. Mackay

    The Hammer of Witches: A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum

    by Christopher S. Mackay

    • List rank#9
    • Price$39.46
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews216

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  10. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Readi book cover by George Saunders

    A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

    by George Saunders

    • List rank#10
    • Price$41.23
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,415

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FAQ

Is European a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 34 reviews and sells for $20.53.

How many reviews do you need to rank in European?

The median best seller has 34 reviews, and 73% of them have fewer than 100.

What do European best sellers cost?

The median price is $20.53; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.99 and $39.88.

Can new books break into European?

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.