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Alternative History (Teen & Young Adult › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Alternative History (Teen & Young Adult › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 126 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 17/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $5.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Fantasy (28,066), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Alternative History best sellers
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Moonshine: A Post-Apocalyptic Romance
by Kat Bostick
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,468
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Rune: A deal with the gods of old
by Victoria McCombs
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews264
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A Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden Romance, Dragon Languages, and Civil War in an Alternate 1920's London
by S. F. Williamson
- List rank#3
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,582
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Queen of the Dead: Soul Reaper: A Progression LitRPG Apocalypse Adventure
by Jada Fisher
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews62
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My Salty Mary: Now a Streaming Series (The Lady Janies Book 6)
by Cynthia Hand
- List rank#5
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews129
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The Richard Jackson Saga: Book 3: Hollywood
by Ed Nelson
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews966
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The Second Sister: A Reimagined Hunger Games Story
by Rosalie Stroeve
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.3
- Reviews8
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The Sisters of Salem (Witches of BlackBrook Book 3)
by Tish Thawer
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews477
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Created G.H.O.S.T. System 2: Book 2 - A Cyberpunk Dystopian Sci-Fi Progression Novel
by Joshua Kern
- List rank#9
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews47
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Emperor of the Borderlands (Book 9): A Historical Progression Fantasy Series
by Eugene Astakhov
- List rank#10
- Price$8.99
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Alternative History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 17/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 126 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Alternative History?
The median best seller has 126 reviews, and 43% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Alternative History best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $5.99.
Can new books break into Alternative History?
11% 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.