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Germany (Central, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Germany (Central, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 593 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).

30Opportunity / 100
$11.99Median price
593Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $14.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)9%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 593 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Germany best sellers

  1. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World book cover by Martyn C.  Rady

    The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

    by Martyn C. Rady

    • List rank#1
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews689

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  2. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of Wo book cover by Adam Makos

    A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

    by Adam Makos

    • List rank#2
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews16,887

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  3. Buttons in My Soup: The Story of a Buchenwald Survivor book cover by Moshe Ziv (Zisovitch)

    Buttons in My Soup: The Story of a Buchenwald Survivor

    by Moshe Ziv (Zisovitch)

    • List rank#3
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews310

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  4. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich book cover by William L. Shirer

    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

    by William L. Shirer

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews11,393

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  5. The Battle of Hurtgen Forest (The Fall of Nazi Germany — The Final Campaigns of WWII Book  book cover by Charles Whiting

    The Battle of Hurtgen Forest (The Fall of Nazi Germany — The Final Campaigns of WWII Book 3)

    by Charles Whiting

    • List rank#5
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews792

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  6. Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany book cover by Harald Jähner

    Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

    by Harald Jähner

    • List rank#6
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews381

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  7. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France book cover by James Holland

    Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

    by James Holland

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.72
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews3,894

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  8. The Nuremberg Women: The Untold Story of the Eight Women Who Brought the Nazis to Justice book cover by Natalie Livingstone

    The Nuremberg Women: The Untold Story of the Eight Women Who Brought the Nazis to Justice

    by Natalie Livingstone

    • List rank#8
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews85

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  9. Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War book cover by Laurence Rees

    Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

    by Laurence Rees

    • List rank#9
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews605

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  10. THE FORGOTTEN PRISONERS: The untold stories of Allied captives in WW2 book cover by Adrian D. Gilbert

    THE FORGOTTEN PRISONERS: The untold stories of Allied captives in WW2

    by Adrian D. Gilbert

    • List rank#10
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews107

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FAQ

Is Germany a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 593 reviews and sells for $11.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Germany?

The median best seller has 593 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Germany best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $14.99.

Can new books break into Germany?

9% 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.