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Italy (Biographies & Memoirs › Europe, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Italy (Biographies & Memoirs › Europe, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.71, median 188 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.48 – $20.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Europe (2,959), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Italy best sellers
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The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
by Ross King
- List rank#1
- Price$1.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews880
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Ghosts of Sicily: The True Story of the Naval Intelligence Agents Who Courted the Mob to Fight Nazis in America and the Battlefields of Italy
by Mark Harmon
- List rank#2
- Price$18.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews303
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Machiavelli: A Biography
by Miles Unger
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews93
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World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
- List rank#4
- Price$15.75
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,446
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Leonardo da Vinci
- List rank#5
- Price$15.93
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,305
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Michelangelo: His Epic Life
by Martin Gayford
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews273
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The Italian Job: A Memoir of an American Reporter in Rome
by Jason Horowitz
- List rank#7
- Price$27.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews16
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Little Book of Gucci: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Little Books of Fashion, 7)
by Karen Homer
- List rank#8
- Price$8.98
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,883
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St. Francis of Assisi: 800th Anniversary Illustrated Edition
- List rank#9
- Price$10.96
- Rating3.8
- Reviews28
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The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance
by Paul Strathern
- List rank#10
- Price$16.05
- Rating4.6
- Reviews941
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Italy & Rome
FAQ
Is Italy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 188 reviews and sells for $16.71.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Italy?
The median best seller has 188 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Italy best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.71; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.48 and $20.50.
Can new books break into Italy?
4% 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.