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French (Literature & Fiction › Literary Criticism › Regions › European, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for French (Literature & Fiction › Literary Criticism › Regions › European, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 36 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category European (204), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
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 Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography)
by Tom Reiss
- List rank#2
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,709
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The Trouble with Being Born
by E. M. Cioran
- List rank#3
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,374
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Learn French Fast for Adult Beginners: 8-in-1 Workbook: From Beginner to Advanced: 15-Minute Daily Lessons and Exercises, Short Stories, Plus a Rich Vocabulary Collection (Easy French Book 3)
by Speak Abroad Academy
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews785
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The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century
by Tony Judt
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews48
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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
by Walter Benjamin
- List rank#6
- Price$8.18
- Rating4.5
- Reviews258
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Existentialism Is a Humanism
by Jean-Paul Sartre
- List rank#8
- Price$8.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,323
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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#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,409
FAQ
Is French a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 36 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in French?
The median best seller has 36 reviews, and 66% of them have fewer than 100.
What do French best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into French?
2% 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.