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Arms Control (International & World Politics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Arms Control (International & World Politics, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $20.93, median 28 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.01 – $30.55 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category International & World Politics (1,490), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 23, 11 points lower than here.
Top 10 Arms Control best sellers
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Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
by Katrina Manson
- List rank#1
- Price$15.24
- Rating4.4
- Reviews388
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
by Nicole Perlroth
- List rank#2
- Price$13.21
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,696
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Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine―Understanding Modern Warfare Today
by David Petraeus
- List rank#3
- Price$13.78
- Rating4.6
- Reviews752
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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
by David Hoffman
- List rank#4
- Price$21.59
- Rating4.5
- Reviews801
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
by Michael Dobbs
- List rank#5
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,040
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THE BRINK OF WAR: Inside the Reagan-Gorbachev Weekend that Changed the World
by Ken Adelman
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews31
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We Are the Bad Guys: The Global Cost of American Power
by Michael Lester
- List rank#7
- Price$18.38
- Rating4.4
- Reviews224
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Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America
by Gordon G. Chang
- List rank#8
- Price$20.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews527
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Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World
by H. R. McMaster
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,798
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The Doomsday Machine
by Daniel Ellsberg
- List rank#10
- Price$20.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,648
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Arms Control
FAQ
Is Arms Control a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 28 reviews and sells for $20.93.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Arms Control?
The median best seller has 28 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Arms Control best sellers cost?
The median price is $20.93; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.01 and $30.55.
Can new books break into Arms Control?
7% 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.