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Ancient (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Ancient (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 733 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.36 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Historical Fiction (13,730), 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.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 733 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Ancient best sellers
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No Friend to This House: A Novel
by Natalie Haynes
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews688
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CIRCE
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews100,781
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Agrippa: A Novel of Ancient Rome's Descent into Dictatorship
by Robert Harris
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,749
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A Land Aflame: The action-packed historical epic novel from the Sunday Times bestseller
by Ben Kane
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews175
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Overlord I: Bloodline
by Hector Miller
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews358
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I, Medusa: A Novel
by Ayana Gray
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,349
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The Golden Sphinx: An action-packed archaeological adventure from Lex Faulkner for 2026 (Ethan Frost Archaeological thriller Book 1)
by Lex Faulkner
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews892
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SPQR I: The King's Gambit: The Kings Gambit (The SPQR Roman Mysteries Book 1)
by John Maddox Roberts
- List rank#9
- Price$9.21
- Rating4.4
- Reviews507
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The Carthage Directive: A Military Time-Travel Alternate History Novel (Steel Leviathan Book 1)
by Alexey Terletsky
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews148
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FAQ
Is Ancient a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 733 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ancient?
The median best seller has 733 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ancient best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.36.
Can new books break into Ancient?
18% 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.