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Scandinavian (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › European, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Scandinavian (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › European, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $17.48, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.04 – $23.76 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category European (409), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Scandinavian best sellers
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A Doll's House and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
by Henrik Ibsen
- List rank#2
- Price$8
- Rating4.6
- Reviews343
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Faceless Killers: A Mystery (Kurt Wallander Mystery Book 1)
by Henning Mankell
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews9,327
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The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics)
by Elias Lönnrot
- List rank#4
- Price$14.87
- Rating4.7
- Reviews355
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The Seed Of Yggdrasill
by Maria Kvilhaug
- List rank#5
- Price$50
- Rating4.8
- Reviews162
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Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
by Nancy Marie Brown
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews149
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So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch
by Karl Ove Knausgaard
- List rank#7
- Price$11.51
- Rating4.5
- Reviews162
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Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews188
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Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World
by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
- List rank#9
- Price$20.40
- Rating4.6
- Reviews342
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The Kalevala
by Elias Lönnrot
- List rank#10
- Price$17.82
- Rating4.5
- Reviews53
FAQ
Is Scandinavian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $17.48.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Scandinavian?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 69% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Scandinavian best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.48; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.04 and $23.76.
Can new books break into Scandinavian?
0% 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.