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Shakespeare (British, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Shakespeare (British, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 243 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $8.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category British (5,018), 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 $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Shakespeare best sellers
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents)
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,960
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Hamlet (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,510
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Romeo and Juliet (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews7,365
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Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare
- List rank#5
- Price$28.35
- Rating4.4
- Reviews63
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Macbeth
- List rank#6
- Price$0.29
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,961
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Hamlet
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews895
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,832
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The Tempest (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,701
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Shakespeare's Sonnets (AmazonClassics Edition)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,339
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FAQ
Is Shakespeare a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 243 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Shakespeare?
The median best seller has 243 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Shakespeare best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $8.99.
Can new books break into Shakespeare?
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.