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German (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › European, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for German (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › European, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.20, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $10.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category European (188), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.99 to $10.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
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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The Poetry of Rilke
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews270
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Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
by Anita Barrows
- List rank#3
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews782
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Letters to a Young Poet
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,094
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New Poems: A Revised Bilingual Edition
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews28
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The Book of Images: Poems / Revised Bilingual Edition (German Edition)
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews80
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The Classic Collection of Heinrich Heine. Illustrated: Complete Poetical Works. Prose Writings
by Heinrich Heine
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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Faust (Illustrated)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.83
- Rating4.7
- Reviews104
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After Nature
by W.G. Sebald
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews95
FAQ
Is German a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $7.20.
How many reviews do you need to rank in German?
The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do German best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.20; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $10.99.
Can new books break into German?
5% 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.