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German (Foreign Language Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for German (Foreign Language Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 688 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).

21Opportunity / 100
$5.99Median price
688Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.71 – $11.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)28%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • 28% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 688 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.71 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 German best sellers

  1. A Court of Splintered Harmony: deutsche Ausgabe | Die heiß ersehnte Fortsetzung des global book cover by Sarah J. Maas

    A Court of Splintered Harmony: deutsche Ausgabe | Die heiß ersehnte Fortsetzung des globalen Romantasy-Bestsellerphänomens (Das Reich der sieben Höfe-Reihe 6) (German Edition)

    by Sarah J. Maas

    • List rank#1
    • Price$23.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews66

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  2. Mad Mabel: Von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Sally Hepworth | Roman - Neuerscheinung de book cover by Sally Hepworth

    Mad Mabel: Von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Sally Hepworth | Roman - Neuerscheinung der Bestseller-Autorin. "Witzig, voller Wendungen und spannend." – Harlan Coben (German Edition)

    by Sally Hepworth

    • List rank#2
    • Price$11.99
    • Reviews-

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  3. Learn German With Stories: Café in Berlin – 10 Short Stories For Beginners (German Edition book cover by André Klein

    Learn German With Stories: Café in Berlin – 10 Short Stories For Beginners (German Edition)

    by André Klein

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews4,023

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  4. Theo in Golden: Roman | New York Times Bestseller #1 | Die Geschichte eines liebenswürdige book cover by Allen Levi

    Theo in Golden: Roman | New York Times Bestseller #1 | Die Geschichte eines liebenswürdigen Wohltäters (German Edition)

    by Allen Levi

    • List rank#4
    • Price$23.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews113

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  5. Beware of Pity (Forbidden Desire Classics Book 13) book cover by Stefan Zweig

    Beware of Pity (Forbidden Desire Classics Book 13)

    by Stefan Zweig

    • List rank#5
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews15

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  6. Short Stories in German for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabu book cover by Olly Richards

    Short Stories in German for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn German the fun way! (Readers) (German Edition)

    by Olly Richards

    • List rank#6
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,108

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  7. Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (German Edition) book cover by J.K. Rowling

    Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (German Edition)

    by J.K. Rowling

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews16,000

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  8. Jenseits des Scheins (Ein Fall für Hanna Will & Jan de Bruyn 5) (German Edition) book cover by Anna Johannsen

    Jenseits des Scheins (Ein Fall für Hanna Will & Jan de Bruyn 5) (German Edition)

    by Anna Johannsen

    • List rank#8
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews5,277

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  9. My Husband's Wife: Ein Mann. Zwei Frauen. Ein mörderisches Geheimnis - »Spannung pur! Der  book cover by Alice Feeney

    My Husband's Wife: Ein Mann. Zwei Frauen. Ein mörderisches Geheimnis - »Spannung pur! Der bisher beste Roman von Alice Feeney!« Freida McFadden (German Edition)

    by Alice Feeney

    • List rank#9
    • Price$9.59
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews590

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  10. Little Girl Lost (Georgiana Germaine Serie 1) (German Edition) book cover by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Little Girl Lost (Georgiana Germaine Serie 1) (German Edition)

    by Cheryl Bradshaw

    • List rank#10
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews100

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FAQ

Is German a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 688 reviews and sells for $5.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in German?

The median best seller has 688 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.

What do German best sellers cost?

The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.71 and $11.99.

Can new books break into German?

28% 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.