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Scandinavian (Literature & Fiction › European, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Scandinavian (Literature & Fiction › European, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 7 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $19.05 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category European (204), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 7 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Scandinavian best sellers
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Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
by Nancy Marie Brown
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews149
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The Deleted World: Poems
by Tomas Tranströmer
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews22
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The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics)
by Elias Lönnrot
- List rank#3
- Price$8.79
- Rating4.7
- Reviews355
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Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World
by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
- List rank#4
- Price$16.45
- Rating4.6
- Reviews342
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Icelanders in the Viking Age: The People of the Sagas
by William R. Short
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews36
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Babette's Feast (BFI Film Classics)
by Julian Baggini
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews10
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Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,306
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The Poetic Edda: A Study Guide
by Noah Tetzner
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews59
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The Viking Age : A Reader, Fourth Edition (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures)
by Angus A. Somerville
- List rank#10
- Price$40.76
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2
FAQ
Is Scandinavian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Scandinavian?
The median best seller has 7 reviews, and 90% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Scandinavian best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $19.05.
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.