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Russia & Soviet Union: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Russia & Soviet Union, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.56, median 473 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.68 – $19.93 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category International & World Politics (1,490), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 76% of Books categories: the median best seller has 473 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Russia & Soviet Union best sellers
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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
- List rank#1
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,262
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Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
by Julia Ioffe
- List rank#2
- Price$29.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews383
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Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
- List rank#3
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,814
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Unhumans: Socialist Revolution – Tactics for Patriots to Survive a Communist Uprising
- List rank#4
- Price$30.75
- Rating5.0
- Reviews7
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Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
by Andy Greenberg
- List rank#5
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,246
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Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews249
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Putin's People
by Catherine Belton
- List rank#7
- Price$11.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,819
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
by David E. Hoffman
- List rank#8
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,832
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918
- List rank#9
- Price$25.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,752
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State and Revolution
by Vladimir Ilich Lenin
- List rank#10
- Price$4.90
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,790
FAQ
Is Russia & Soviet Union a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 473 reviews and sells for $16.56.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Russia & Soviet Union?
The median best seller has 473 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Russia & Soviet Union best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.56; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.68 and $19.93.
Can new books break into Russia & Soviet Union?
7% 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.