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European & European Descent: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for European & European Descent, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.18, median 93 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.73 – $25.49 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Cultural & Ethnic Studies (4,085), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 European & European Descent best sellers
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Europe in 7 1/2 Chapters: The Shortest Introduction to the World's Oldest and Newest Continent
by Timothy Garton Ash
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8
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The Place of Tides: A Transformative Nature Memoir of Isolation, Forgiveness, and Self-Discovery on a Remote Norwegian Island
by James Rebanks
- List rank#3
- Price$16.16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,329
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The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
by Orlando Figes
- List rank#4
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews374
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White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era
by Shelby Steele
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,361
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The Story of Russia
by Orlando Figes
- List rank#6
- Price$18.61
- Rating4.5
- Reviews825
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Christ, Science, and Reason: What We Can Know about Jesus, Mary, and Miracles
by Fr. Robert Spitzer S.J
- List rank#7
- Price$20.46
- Rating4.9
- Reviews101
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The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
by Peter Watson
- List rank#8
- Price$16.40
- Rating4.6
- Reviews369
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The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
by David Gilmour
- List rank#9
- Price$11.83
- Rating4.4
- Reviews736
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The Greeks: A Global History
by Roderick Beaton
- List rank#10
- Price$19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews418
FAQ
Is European & European Descent a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 93 reviews and sells for $18.18.
How many reviews do you need to rank in European & European Descent?
The median best seller has 93 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do European & European Descent best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.18; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.73 and $25.49.
Can new books break into European & European Descent?
6% 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.