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French (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › European, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for French (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › European, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.03, median 47 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.15 – $22.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category European (409), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 French best sellers
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The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,065
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The Trouble with Being Born
by E. M. Cioran
- List rank#3
- Price$9.12
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,374
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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell
- List rank#4
- Price$11.08
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,409
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Existentialism Is a Humanism
by Jean-Paul Sartre
- List rank#5
- Price$11.14
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,323
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A Short History of Decay
by E. M. Cioran
- List rank#6
- Price$9.02
- Rating4.6
- Reviews300
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Arsene Lupin: Gentleman Burglar
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews662
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
by Tom Reiss
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,709
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Writing, the Other Life: Texts and art by and about Annie Ernaux
by Annie Ernaux
- List rank#9
- Price$30.05
- Reviews-
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The Count of Monte Cristo
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,820
FAQ
Is French a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 47 reviews and sells for $17.03.
How many reviews do you need to rank in French?
The median best seller has 47 reviews, and 69% of them have fewer than 100.
What do French best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.03; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.15 and $22.24.
Can new books break into French?
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.