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Captivating History: Amazon KDP author data

Captivating History has 711 books on Amazon, 588 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Study & Teaching, History, Mayan.

711Books on Amazon
588Listed in 30 days
4.2Average rating
Median price$7.99
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $13.69
Median reviews114
Total reviews110,553
New books (30 days)25
Breakout books (30 days)12

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What stands out

  • 83% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $7.99, 100% above the median of their main category, Study & Teaching.
  • 25 new books in the last 30 days, 12 of them broke into a Best Sellers list.

Captivating History's best-ranked books

  1. History of Thailand: A Captivating Guide to the Thai People and Their History (Asian Count book cover by Captivating History

    History of Thailand: A Captivating Guide to the Thai People and Their History (Asian Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews275

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  2. Historical Unsolved Mysteries: A Captivating Guide to the Greatest Enigmas, Unresolved Cas book cover by Captivating History

    Historical Unsolved Mysteries: A Captivating Guide to the Greatest Enigmas, Unresolved Cases, and Enduring Mysteries Throughout History (Captivating History)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews717
    • Published2025-11

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  3. The Gulf War: A Captivating Guide to the United States-Led Persian Gulf War against Iraq f book cover by Captivating History

    The Gulf War: A Captivating Guide to the United States-Led Persian Gulf War against Iraq for Their Invasion and Annexation of Kuwait (U.S. Military History)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$10.98
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews143

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  4. History of Bali: A Captivating Guide to Balinese History and the Impact This Island Has Ha book cover by Captivating History

    History of Bali: A Captivating Guide to Balinese History and the Impact This Island Has Had on the History of Indonesia and Southeast Asia (Asian Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews85

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  5. History of the Jews: A Captivating Guide to Jewish History, Starting from the Ancient Isra book cover by Captivating History

    History of the Jews: A Captivating Guide to Jewish History, Starting from the Ancient Israelites Through Roman Rule to World War 2

    by Captivating History

    • Price$11.20
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,216

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  6. History of Eastern Europe: A Captivating Guide to a Shortened History of Russia, Ukraine,  book cover by Captivating History

    History of Eastern Europe: A Captivating Guide to a Shortened History of Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Moldova, Belarus, and Romania (European Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$16.59
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews489

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  7. History of Argentina: A Captivating Guide to Argentine History, Starting from the Pre-Colu book cover by Captivating History

    History of Argentina: A Captivating Guide to Argentine History, Starting from the Pre-Columbian Period Through the Inca Empire and Spanish Colonization to the Present (South American Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$2.99
    • Rating3.8
    • Reviews215

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  8. History of Southeast Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of a Vast Region Containing  book cover by Captivating History

    History of Southeast Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of a Vast Region Containing Countries Such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma, and More (Asian Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews171

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  9. History of Malaysia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Kingdoms, Colonial Melaka, Modernizati book cover by Captivating History

    History of Malaysia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Kingdoms, Colonial Melaka, Modernization, and the Post-Independence Years (Asian Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews55

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  10. History of Korea: A Captivating Guide to Korean History, Including Events Such as the Mong book cover by Captivating History

    History of Korea: A Captivating Guide to Korean History, Including Events Such as the Mongol Invasions, the Split into North and South, and the Korean War (Asian Countries)

    by Captivating History

    • Price$11.66
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews467

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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.