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Russian & Soviet (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Russian & Soviet (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $15.22, median 142 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.45 – $21.11 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Regional & Cultural (1,239), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Russian & Soviet best sellers
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Crime and Punishment (Vintage Classics)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- List rank#1
- Price$10.47
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,492
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Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#2
- Price$16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,332
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Crime and Punishment: The Original Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Fyodor Dostoevsky Classics)
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,820
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A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945
by Vasily Grossman
- List rank#4
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews603
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
by George Saunders
- List rank#5
- Price$11.74
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,415
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Notes from the Underground: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Classics)
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,981
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The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,025
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Crime and Punishment: A Novel in Six Parts with Epilogue (Vintage Classics)
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,064
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
- List rank#10
- Price$36.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,145
FAQ
Is Russian & Soviet a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 142 reviews and sells for $15.22.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Russian & Soviet?
The median best seller has 142 reviews, and 43% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Russian & Soviet best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.22; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.45 and $21.11.
Can new books break into Russian & Soviet?
3% 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.