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Ancient & Controversial Knowledge: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Ancient & Controversial Knowledge, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.64, median 1,429 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.68 – $20.79 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 31% of the parent category Occult & Paranormal (4,576), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 89% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,429 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Ancient & Controversial Knowledge best sellers
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Behold a Pale Horse
by Milton William Cooper
- List rank#1
- Price$18.91
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13,885
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Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts, Exploring Folklore, Myth, and Magic from Every Corner of the Earth and Across Millennia
by Judika Illes
- List rank#2
- Price$24.19
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,621
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The Kybalion: Centenary Edition
- List rank#3
- Price$12.71
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,706
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Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet
by Meggan Watterson
- List rank#4
- Price$15.56
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,840
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The Wild Unknown Archetypes Deck and Guidebook
by Kim Krans
- List rank#5
- Price$15.97
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,195
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The Others: UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny
by D. W. Pasulka
- List rank#6
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.0
- Reviews172
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The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy (Dover Occult)
- List rank#7
- Price$20.11
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,781
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Chariots of the Gods
by Erich von Däniken
- List rank#8
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,522
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The Book of Enoch: From the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
by Robert Bagley III
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews157
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The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy (Dover Occult)
- List rank#10
- Price$34.76
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,529
FAQ
Is Ancient & Controversial Knowledge a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,429 reviews and sells for $16.64.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ancient & Controversial Knowledge?
The median best seller has 1,429 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ancient & Controversial Knowledge best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.64; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.68 and $20.79.
Can new books break into Ancient & Controversial Knowledge?
4% 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.