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German (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Regional & Cultural › European, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for German (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Regional & Cultural › European, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.63, median 88 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.07 – $19.21 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| 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 (782), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 German best sellers
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Letters to a Young Poet (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews874
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Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
by Anita Barrows
- List rank#4
- Price$8.85
- Rating4.6
- Reviews782
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The Poetic Edda (Oxford World's Classics)
by Carolyne Larrington
- List rank#5
- Price$13.39
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,267
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Goethe's Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- List rank#6
- Price$10.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,183
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Letters to a Young Poet
- List rank#7
- Price$8.23
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,208
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The Poetry of Rilke
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews270
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The Joyous Science (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#9
- Price$14.91
- Rating4.7
- Reviews268
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Letters to a Young Poet: A New Translation and Commentary
- List rank#10
- Price$8
- Rating4.7
- Reviews263
FAQ
Is German a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 88 reviews and sells for $15.63.
How many reviews do you need to rank in German?
The median best seller has 88 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do German best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.63; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.07 and $19.21.
Can new books break into German?
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.