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1900s (Children's Books › Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction › United States, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for 1900s (Children's Books › Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction › United States, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.10, median 909 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 17/100 (highly competitive).

17Opportunity / 100
$7.10Median price
909Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.20 – $9.60
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)3%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • At $7.10 its median price is below 97% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
  • Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Books categories: the median best seller has 909 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 1900s best sellers

  1. Where the Red Fern Grows book cover by Wilson Rawls

    Where the Red Fern Grows

    by Wilson Rawls

    • List rank#1
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews20,758

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  2. I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Boxed Set) book cover by Lauren Tarshis

    I Survived: Ten Thrilling Books (Boxed Set)

    by Lauren Tarshis

    • List rank#2
    • Price$27.54
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews4,215

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  3. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 book cover by Lauren Tarshis

    I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

    by Lauren Tarshis

    • List rank#3
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews6,368

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  4. 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#4
    • Price$7.19
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,201

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  5. 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#5
    • Price$5.66
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,127

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  6. Bud, Not Buddy book cover by Christopher Paul Curtis

    Bud, Not Buddy

    by Christopher Paul Curtis

    • List rank#6
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,469

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  7. The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner ― A Witty Historical Novel About a Teen B book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner ― A Witty Historical Novel About a Teen Boy, for Kids (Ages 10-12)

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • List rank#7
    • Price$7.04
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,594

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  8. I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (I Survived #23) (23) book cover by Lauren Tarshis

    I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (I Survived #23) (23)

    by Lauren Tarshis

    • List rank#8
    • Price$4.29
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews893

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  9. The Birchbark House book cover by Louise Erdrich

    The Birchbark House

    by Louise Erdrich

    • List rank#9
    • Price$5.73
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,262

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  10. I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 (I Survived #25) (25) book cover by Lauren Tarshis

    I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 (I Survived #25) (25)

    by Lauren Tarshis

    • List rank#10
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews559

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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: 1900s

FAQ

Is 1900s a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 17/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 909 reviews and sells for $7.10.

How many reviews do you need to rank in 1900s?

The median best seller has 909 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.

What do 1900s best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.10; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.20 and $9.60.

Can new books break into 1900s?

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.