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Shakespeare (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Shakespeare (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 72 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.49 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), 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.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.49, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Shakespeare best sellers
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
- List rank#1
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.5
- Reviews927
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The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide
by Robert Pinsky
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews184
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage – Bill Bryson's Witty Biography of the Celebrated Poet (Eminent Lives Book 63)
by Bill Bryson
- List rank#3
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews7,861
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2: Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Timon of Athens, ... Winter's Tale, The Tempest (Phoenix Books)
by Harold C. Goddard
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews60
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Shakespeare After All
by Marjorie Garber
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews285
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Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews724
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Shakespeare at Thirty
by Rory Loughnane
- List rank#7
- Price$16.17
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews435
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Macbeth: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English (Volume 1)
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews213
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Shakespeare's Festive Comedy: A Study of Dramatic Form and Its Relation to Social Custom
by C. L. Barber
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11
FAQ
Is Shakespeare a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 72 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Shakespeare?
The median best seller has 72 reviews, and 59% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Shakespeare best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.49.
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.