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German (World Literature, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for German (World Literature, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.49, median 64 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).

23Opportunity / 100
$3.49Median price
64Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$1.34 – $6.41
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)7%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category World Literature (4,912), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $3.49 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.34 to $6.41, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 German best sellers

  1. The Metamorphosis book cover by Franz Kafka

    The Metamorphosis

    by Franz Kafka

    • List rank#1
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews3,796

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  2. The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig book cover by Stefan Zweig

    The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig

    by Stefan Zweig

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews381

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  3. The German Orphan: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holoca book cover by Israel Zer-Aviv

    The German Orphan: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor (World War II Stories of Resilience Book 4)

    by Israel Zer-Aviv

    • List rank#3
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews321

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  4. In the Shadow of the Pyrenees : The Freedom Trail to Spain (The French Collection) book cover by Kathryn Gauci

    In the Shadow of the Pyrenees : The Freedom Trail to Spain (The French Collection)

    by Kathryn Gauci

    • List rank#4
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews573

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  5. The Ultimate Traitor : Based on True Events in WWII Paris (The French Collection) book cover by Kathryn Gauci

    The Ultimate Traitor : Based on True Events in WWII Paris (The French Collection)

    by Kathryn Gauci

    • List rank#5
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews92

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  6. My Father's Secret ...And Other Unbelievable (True) Stories book cover by Dr. Samson Stern

    My Father's Secret ...And Other Unbelievable (True) Stories

    by Dr. Samson Stern

    • List rank#6
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating3.7
    • Reviews134

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  7. The Trial book cover by Franz Kafka

    The Trial

    by Franz Kafka

    • List rank#7
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews19

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  8. The God of Nazi-Land Part I: The Führer’s Master (Project 613) book cover by Elyse Hoffman

    The God of Nazi-Land Part I: The Führer’s Master (Project 613)

    by Elyse Hoffman

    • List rank#8
    • Price$4.99
    • Reviews-

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  9. Perilous Journey to Freedom: A daring Escape across the Alps (Escaping the Reich Book 3) book cover by Marion Kummerow

    Perilous Journey to Freedom: A daring Escape across the Alps (Escaping the Reich Book 3)

    by Marion Kummerow

    • List rank#9
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews991

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  10. The Grand Illusion: A Family Drama in Hitler's Berlin in the 1930's (The Lion's Den Series book cover by Eoin Dempsey

    The Grand Illusion: A Family Drama in Hitler's Berlin in the 1930's (The Lion's Den Series Book 4)

    by Eoin Dempsey

    • List rank#10
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,079

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FAQ

Is German a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 64 reviews and sells for $3.49.

How many reviews do you need to rank in German?

The median best seller has 64 reviews, and 56% of them have fewer than 100.

What do German best sellers cost?

The median price is $3.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.34 and $6.41.

Can new books break into German?

7% 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.