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16th Century (Modern (16th-21st Centuries), Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for 16th Century (Modern (16th-21st Centuries), Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 106 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.71 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 106 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 11% of the parent category Modern (16th-21st Centuries) (943), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.71, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 16th Century best sellers
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The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane, and Discovery
by Martin Dugard
- List rank#1
- Price$11.44
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,299
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River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon
by Buddy Levy
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,103
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Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet
by F. Bruce Gordon
- List rank#3
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews45
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The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
by Tracy Borman
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,179
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The Female Tudor Scholar and Writer: The Life and Times of Margaret More Roper
by Aimee Fleming
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews6
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New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers
by John Butman
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews52
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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
by David Wootton
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews385
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Renaissance Self-Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare
- List rank#9
- Price$28.35
- Rating4.4
- Reviews63
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A Hangman's Diary: The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573?1617
by Franz Schmidt
- List rank#10
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews581
FAQ
Is 16th Century a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 106 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in 16th Century?
The median best seller has 106 reviews, and 48% of them have fewer than 100.
What do 16th Century best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.71.
Can new books break into 16th Century?
1% 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.