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Ancient (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Ancient (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › History, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18, median 104 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.19 – $29.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category History (269), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.19 to $29.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Ancient best sellers
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Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
- List rank#1
- Price$39.52
- Rating4.7
- Reviews327
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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)
by Joseph A. Tainter
- List rank#2
- Price$43.36
- Rating4.5
- Reviews326
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Latin for the Illiterati: A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language
by Jon R. Stone
- List rank#4
- Price$23.59
- Rating4.8
- Reviews75
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The Republic and The Laws (Oxford World's Classics)
by Cicero
- List rank#5
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews307
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Aeneid (Hackett Classics)
by P. Vergilius Maro
- List rank#6
- Price$18
- Rating4.6
- Reviews254
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The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
by Polybius
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews228
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1453: The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople
by Anthony Kaldellis
- List rank#8
- Price$29.08
- Rating4.6
- Reviews42
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Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt
by Geraldine Pinch
- List rank#10
- Price$12.45
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,565
FAQ
Is Ancient a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 104 reviews and sells for $18.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ancient?
The median best seller has 104 reviews, and 48% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ancient best sellers cost?
The median price is $18; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.19 and $29.99.
Can new books break into Ancient?
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.