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Modern (Movements & Periods, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Modern (Movements & Periods, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.43, median 270 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $19.97 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Movements & Periods (1,719), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Modern best sellers
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The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)
by Albert Camus
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,065
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Animal Farm
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,618
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#3
- Price$10.69
- Rating4.8
- Reviews7,975
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Jane Eyre: The Original 1847 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Charlotte Brontë Classics)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,617
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas Classics)
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews758
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Notes from the Underground: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Classics)
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,981
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The Sun Also Rises: The Original 1926 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Ernest Hemingway Classics)
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews4,137
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Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics)
by Various
- List rank#9
- Price$77.52
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,452
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To The Lighthouse: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition―A Miraculous Novel of Love and Mortality
- List rank#10
- Price$6.33
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,074
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Modernism
FAQ
Is Modern a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 270 reviews and sells for $14.43.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Modern?
The median best seller has 270 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Modern best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.43; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $19.97.
Can new books break into Modern?
6% 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.