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World Literature (Literature, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for World Literature (Literature, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.99, median 54 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.99 – $35.16 |
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| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Literature (417), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.99 to $35.16, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 World Literature best sellers
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Faust, Part One: Part One (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#1
- Price$9.26
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,183
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Faust: Part Two (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#4
- Price$11.14
- Rating4.7
- Reviews198
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The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World's Classics)
by Elias Lönnrot
- List rank#5
- Price$14.87
- Rating4.7
- Reviews355
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The Hammer of Witches: A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum
by Christopher S. Mackay
- List rank#7
- Price$39.46
- Rating4.6
- Reviews216
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CliffsNotes on Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (CliffsNotes on Literature)
by Gary Carey M.A.
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews73
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Discourses on Livy (Oxford World's Classics)
- List rank#10
- Price$12.07
- Rating4.7
- Reviews250
Subcategories
FAQ
Is World Literature a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 54 reviews and sells for $19.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in World Literature?
The median best seller has 54 reviews, and 70% of them have fewer than 100.
What do World Literature best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.99 and $35.16.
Can new books break into World Literature?
3% 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.