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Medieval (Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Medieval (Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.99, median 203 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.00 – $18.54 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 29% of the parent category Ancient, Classical & Medieval (712), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Medieval best sellers
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
by Seamus Heaney
- List rank#1
- Price$9.52
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,308
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The Complete Old English Poems (The Middle Ages Series)
by Tom Shippey
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews43
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The Canterbury Tales: (original-Spelling Edition) (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews561
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The Canterbury Tales (The Penguin Classics)
- List rank#4
- Price$9.20
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,862
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,608
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Dante’s Inferno — Fully Illustrated Edition: Modern English Translation with 70+ Gustave Doré Engravings and Historical Commentary
- List rank#6
- Price$8.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews38
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Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Pearl, And Sir Orfeo: A Collection of Medieval Poems Translated by the Beloved Fantasy Author
- List rank#7
- Price$10.25
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,548
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The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
by Jackson Crawford
- List rank#9
- Price$14.09
- Rating4.9
- Reviews5,951
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Simon Armitage
- List rank#10
- Price$11.06
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,337
FAQ
Is Medieval a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 203 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Medieval?
The median best seller has 203 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Medieval best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.00 and $18.54.
Can new books break into Medieval?
1% 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.