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1800s (Children's Books › Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction › United States, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for 1800s (Children's Books › Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction › United States, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.64, median 523 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).

16Opportunity / 100
$7.64Median price
523Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.39 – $9.95
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)0%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • At $7.64 its median price is below 96% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
  • Its median reviews are 28% of the parent category United States (1,848), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 1800s best sellers

  1. Little House on the Prairie: A Classic Chapter Book about Pioneer Family Life on the Ameri book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House on the Prairie: A Classic Chapter Book about Pioneer Family Life on the American Frontier for Children (Ages 8-12)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#1
    • Price$7.19
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,201

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  2. Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving book cover by Joseph Bruchac

    Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving

    by Joseph Bruchac

    • List rank#2
    • Price$6
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews583

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  3. Little House Complete 9-Book Box Set: Books 1 to 9 book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House Complete 9-Book Box Set: Books 1 to 9

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#3
    • Price$40.56
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews7,072

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  4. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, No 1) book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, No 1)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#4
    • Price$5.66
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,127

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  5. Farmer Boy: Little House, Book 2 book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Farmer Boy: Little House, Book 2

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#5
    • Price$18.89
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,582

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  6. The Birchbark House book cover by Louise Erdrich

    The Birchbark House

    by Louise Erdrich

    • List rank#6
    • Price$5.73
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,262

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  7. Quest in Yosemite National Park: A Mystery Adventure (National Park Mystery Series) book cover by Aaron Johnson

    Quest in Yosemite National Park: A Mystery Adventure (National Park Mystery Series)

    by Aaron Johnson

    • List rank#7
    • Price$12.74
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,002

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  8. Little House 5-Book Full-Color Box Set: Books 1 to 5 book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House 5-Book Full-Color Box Set: Books 1 to 5

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#8
    • Price$20.91
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,397

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  9. Serafina and the Seven Stars (Serafina, 4) book cover by Robert Beatty

    Serafina and the Seven Stars (Serafina, 4)

    by Robert Beatty

    • List rank#9
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews2,128

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  10. The Long Winter: A Newbery Honor Story about Pioneer Survival and Family Courage for child book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    The Long Winter: A Newbery Honor Story about Pioneer Survival and Family Courage for children (Ages 8-12) (Little House on the Prairie Book 6)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#10
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,689

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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: 1800s

FAQ

Is 1800s a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 523 reviews and sells for $7.64.

How many reviews do you need to rank in 1800s?

The median best seller has 523 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.

What do 1800s best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.64; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.39 and $9.95.

Can new books break into 1800s?

0% 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.