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Scandinavia: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Scandinavia, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.29, median 245 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.92 – $24.45 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Europe (1,915), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Scandinavia best sellers
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
by Neil Price
- List rank#1
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,331
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The Sea-King and the Sorceress: Life and Death in the Viking Age
by Neil Price
- List rank#2
- Price$26.86
- Rating4.3
- Reviews14
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Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews249
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The Place of Tides: A Transformative Nature Memoir of Isolation, Forgiveness, and Self-Discovery on a Remote Norwegian Island
by James Rebanks
- List rank#5
- Price$16.16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,329
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Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole
by Cecilia Blomdahl
- List rank#6
- Price$16.29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,208
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The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
by Tore Skeie
- List rank#7
- Price$11.01
- Rating4.5
- Reviews540
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
by Neal Bascomb
- List rank#8
- Price$11.45
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,937
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Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
by Eleanor Barraclough
- List rank#9
- Price$13.42
- Rating4.5
- Reviews313
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People
by Michael Booth
- List rank#10
- Price$10.89
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,659
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Scandinavia a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 245 reviews and sells for $17.29.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Scandinavia?
The median best seller has 245 reviews, and 28% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Scandinavia best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.29; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.92 and $24.45.
Can new books break into Scandinavia?
6% 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.