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German (Literature & Fiction › Literary Criticism › Regions › European, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for German (Literature & Fiction › Literary Criticism › Regions › European, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 18 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $15.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% 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.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 18 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 German best sellers
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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
by Walter Benjamin
- List rank#1
- Price$8.18
- Rating4.5
- Reviews258
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Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales
by Valerie Paradiz
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews38
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Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Illustrated)
by Brothers Grimm
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13,032
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Death in Venice and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
by Thomas Mann
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews19
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The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche: Unpublished Philosophical Writings on Nihilism, Morality, and Art – Translated by Anthony M. Ludovici (Grapevine Edition)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.30
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,059
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Letters to Milena (The Schocken Kafka Library)
by Franz Kafka
- List rank#7
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews663
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After Nature
by W.G. Sebald
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews95
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Hesse: The Wanderer and His Shadow
by Gunnar Decker
- List rank#9
- Price$31.16
- Rating4.4
- Reviews35
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The Restless Spirit: A Scene by Scene Study of Goethe’s Faust
by A. S. Kline
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
FAQ
Is German a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 18 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in German?
The median best seller has 18 reviews, and 87% of them have fewer than 100.
What do German best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $15.99.
Can new books break into German?
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.