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Scandinavian (Literature & Fiction › World Literature › European, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Scandinavian (Literature & Fiction › World Literature › European, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.99, median 110 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.79 – $19.90 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category European (1,600), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Scandinavian best sellers
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Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (Nordic Folklore and Stories, Illustrated Nordic Book for Teens and Adults) (Tales of)
- List rank#1
- Price$14.75
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,178
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Silenced by Snow: A Nordic Noir Mystery (Sander Solvang)
by Ole Magnus
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews498
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The Poetic Edda: Expanded Second Edition: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
by Jackson Crawford
- List rank#3
- Price$22
- Rating4.8
- Reviews110
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In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
by Karl Ove Knausgaard
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews115
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Growth of the Soil (Penguin Classics)
by Knut Hamsun
- List rank#6
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews685
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Hunger (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
by Knut Hamsun
- List rank#7
- Price$13.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews715
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A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway
by Lorelou Desjardins
- List rank#8
- Price$16.61
- Rating4.5
- Reviews590
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Short Stories in Norwegian for Beginners
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews723
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The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe
by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
- List rank#10
- Price$16.17
- Rating4.5
- Reviews125
FAQ
Is Scandinavian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 110 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Scandinavian?
The median best seller has 110 reviews, and 46% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Scandinavian best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.79 and $19.90.
Can new books break into Scandinavian?
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.