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Russian (Language Instruction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Russian (Language Instruction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.79, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Language Instruction (360), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 14 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Russian best sellers
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Crime and Punishment: The Original Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classics)
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,820
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Everything Essential Russian Book: All You Need to Learn Russian in No Time (Everything®)
by Yulia Stakhnevich
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews58
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Learn Russian: The Complete 10-in-1 Course & Workbook for Adult Beginners: Learn to Speak Russian with Grammar, Vocabulary, Short Stories, Folk Tales, ... for Beginners (Fast Track to Fluency)
- List rank#3
- Price$12.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews50
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RUSSIAN FOUNDATIONS: From the Cyrillic Alphabet to Basic Communication (RUSSIAN FROM A TO C1)
by Read Today Live Tomorrow
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Learn To Read Russian Fast: Grammar, Short Stories, Conversations and Signs and Scenarios to speed up Russian Learning
by Jon Adams
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating3.2
- Reviews4
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Reading Gogol's Petersburg Tales in Russian: A Parallel-Text Russian Reader (Reading Russian Book 3)
by Mark Pettus
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews27
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1111 Russian Words in 85 Short Stories: The Most Frequent Russian Words for Beginners (A1-A2) | With Spaced Repetition, Parallel Text & Free Audio (Most Frequent Words in Short Stories)
by Dmitri Saren
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews22
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Short Stories in Russian for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Russian the fun way! (Readers)
- List rank#8
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews931
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Reading Chekhov's Stories in Russian: A Parallel-Text Russian Reader (Reading Russian Book 1)
by Mark Pettus
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews48
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2000 Most Common Russian Words in Context: Get Fluent & Increase Your Russian Vocabulary with 2000 Russian Phrases (Russian Language Lessons)
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews780
FAQ
Is Russian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $5.79.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Russian?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 80% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Russian best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.79; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Russian?
5% 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.