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Semiotics & Theory: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Semiotics & Theory, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.80, median 57 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$12.80Median price
57Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$7.99 – $17.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)2%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Literary Criticism (1,002), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
  • At $12.80 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.

Top 10 Semiotics & Theory best sellers

  1. The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics) book cover by Albert Camus

    The Stranger: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Albert Camus Classics)

    by Albert Camus

    • List rank#1
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews13,065

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  2. Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare book cover by Stephen Greenblatt

    Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare

    by Stephen Greenblatt

    • List rank#2
    • Price$28.35
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews63

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  3. On Literature book cover by Umberto Eco

    On Literature

    by Umberto Eco

    • List rank#3
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews79

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  4. The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory book cover by Emily Eakin

    The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory

    by Emily Eakin

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews116

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  5. The God Of Small Things: A Novels Of Social Commitment book cover by Amitabh Roy

    The God Of Small Things: A Novels Of Social Commitment

    by Amitabh Roy

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.49
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews19,065

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  6. Lectures on Russian Literature book cover by Vladimir Nabokov

    Lectures on Russian Literature

    by Vladimir Nabokov

    • List rank#6
    • Price$10.84
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews212

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  7. How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Readin book cover by Thomas C. Foster

    How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

    by Thomas C. Foster

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews7,650

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  8. Essays One book cover by Lydia Davis

    Essays One

    by Lydia Davis

    • List rank#8
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews160

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  9. Time and Narrative, Volume 2 (Time & Narrative) book cover by Paul Ricoeur

    Time and Narrative, Volume 2 (Time & Narrative)

    by Paul Ricoeur

    • List rank#9
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews14

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  10. Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language book cover by Seth Lerer

    Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language

    by Seth Lerer

    • List rank#10
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews127

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FAQ

Is Semiotics & Theory a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 57 reviews and sells for $12.80.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Semiotics & Theory?

The median best seller has 57 reviews, and 67% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Semiotics & Theory best sellers cost?

The median price is $12.80; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $17.99.

Can new books break into Semiotics & Theory?

2% 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.