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Renaissance (Movements & Periods, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Renaissance (Movements & Periods, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.06, median 312 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.98 – $17.09 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Movements & Periods (1,719), 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.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 70% of Books categories: the median best seller has 312 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Renaissance best sellers
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Royal Witch: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews219
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
- List rank#2
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,755
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The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)
- List rank#3
- Price$17.36
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,738
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The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels Book 3)
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,339
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Don Quixote: The Funniest and Most Tragic Picaresque Satire – A Masterful Translation of Cervantes' Spanish Classic
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,772
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Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
- List rank#6
- Price$11.65
- Rating4.4
- Reviews80,632
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Wolf Hall: A Novel
by Hilary Mantel
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews23,279
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The Prince (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint Classics)
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,332
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The Marriage Portrait: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
by Maggie O'Farrell
- List rank#9
- Price$8.54
- Rating4.2
- Reviews42,445
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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost
by Harold Bloom
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews427
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FAQ
Is Renaissance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 312 reviews and sells for $15.06.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Renaissance?
The median best seller has 312 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Renaissance best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.06; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.98 and $17.09.
Can new books break into Renaissance?
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.