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Northern: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Northern, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.99, median 156 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.66 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 25% of the parent category Europe (618), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.66 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Northern best sellers
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Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews249
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The Sea-King and the Sorceress: Life and Death in the Viking Age
by Neil Price
- List rank#3
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews14
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
by Neil S. Price
- List rank#4
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,331
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The Place of Tides: A Transformative Nature Memoir of Isolation, Forgiveness, and Self-Discovery on a Remote Norwegian Island
by James Rebanks
- List rank#5
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,329
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,015
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The Lore of Scotland: A guide to Scottish legends
by Jennifer Westwood
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews198
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,776
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![The Norse Mythology Bible: [5 IN 1] Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes of the Northern Land book cover by Thomas Hedlund](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81u0s9lmiTL._UX300__PJkp-sticker-v1,TopRight,0,-50_AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg)
The Norse Mythology Bible: [5 IN 1] Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes of the Northern Lands | Discover Traditions, Runes, Magical Creatures and All the Norse Paganism Beliefs
by Thomas Hedlund
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews218
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Northmen: The Viking Saga, 793–1241 AD
by John Haywood
- List rank#10
- Price$20.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews536
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Northern a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 156 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Northern?
The median best seller has 156 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Northern best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.66 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Northern?
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.