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Roman: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Roman, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17, median 72 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.98 – $30 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Ancient & Medieval Literature (884), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $11.98 to $30, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Roman best sellers
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Meditations (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
by Aurelius Marcus
- List rank#1
- Price$13.97
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,998
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Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay (Nobel Prize Winner) (Princeton Classics)
by Anne Carson
- List rank#3
- Price$11.66
- Rating4.7
- Reviews318
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Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
by Epictetus
- List rank#4
- Price$9.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,327
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Meditations
- List rank#5
- Price$6.51
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,984
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Letters from a Stoic (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) by Seneca – Stoicism / Personal Development /Practical Wisdom / Classic Literature (Fingerprint! Classics)
by Seneca
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,225
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How to Live - A Handbook of Stoic Philosophy: Discourses and The Enchiridion by Epictetus (Enchiridion and Discourses)
by Epictetus
- List rank#7
- Price$5.93
- Rating4.5
- Reviews619
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Wheelock's Latin Reader: Selections from Latin Literature
by Frederick M. Wheelock
- List rank#8
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews246
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Meditaciones Marco Aurelio en Español Los 12 Libros Completos La Nueva Edición con Traducción Moderna y Analisis Detallados de su Estoicismo y Filosofía (Traducida y Anotada) (Spanish Edition)
by Marco Aurelio
- List rank#9
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews449
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The Complete Guide to Stoicism (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)
by Seneca Epictetus
- List rank#10
- Price$19.85
- Rating4.7
- Reviews301
FAQ
Is Roman a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 72 reviews and sells for $17.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Roman?
The median best seller has 72 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Roman best sellers cost?
The median price is $17; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.98 and $30.
Can new books break into Roman?
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.