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French (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Regional & Cultural › European, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for French (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Regional & Cultural › European, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.99, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.00 – $21.78 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category European (782), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 French best sellers
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The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (Ressourcement (Grand Rapids, Mich.).)
by Charles Peguy
- List rank#1
- Price$19.11
- Rating4.5
- Reviews58
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Dracula: The Original 1897 Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Bram Stoker Classics)
by Bram Stoker
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,666
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Around the World in Eighty Days: The Complete Original Edition with Over 50 Illustrations
by Jules Verne
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews124
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The Flowers of Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (English and French Edition)
- List rank#4
- Price$13
- Rating4.6
- Reviews476
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Treasure Island: 120 Illustrations
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews312
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The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics)
by Anonymous
- List rank#6
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews206
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Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works: An Influential Poet's Biography―Visionary Poetry, Prose, and Letters Translated by Paul Schmidt (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
by Arthur Rimbaud
- List rank#7
- Price$11.41
- Rating4.7
- Reviews347
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The Flowers of Evil / Les Fleurs du Mal (English and French Edition)
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews249
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The Flowers of Evil: or; Les Fleurs du Mal English Translation Illustrated Edition by Charles Baudelaire
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Dance Me to the End of Love (Art & Poetry)
by Leonard Cohen
- List rank#10
- Price$11.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews228
FAQ
Is French a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $16.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in French?
The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 71% of them have fewer than 100.
What do French best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.00 and $21.78.
Can new books break into French?
3% 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.