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Art History (Humanities, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Art History (Humanities, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $38.75, median 24 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $25.51 – $62.14 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Humanities (1,270), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $38.75 its median price beats 93% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Art History best sellers
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AP Art History Premium, Sixth Edition: Prep Book with 5 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (Barron's AP Prep)
by John B. Nici M.A.
- List rank#1
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews313
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Leonardo da Vinci: Notebooks (Oxford World's Classics)
by Leonardo da Vinci
- List rank#2
- Price$9.68
- Rating4.6
- Reviews226
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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives – Dark, Honest Secrets Revealed Anonymously on Handmade Postcards
by Frank Warren
- List rank#3
- Price$16.57
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,092
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The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)
by Giorgio Vasari
- List rank#4
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews445
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Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist
by Stephen Rogers Peck
- List rank#5
- Price$11.22
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,061
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Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Kristine Stiles)
by Kristine Stiles
- List rank#6
- Price$14.98
- Rating4.5
- Reviews158
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks)
by Michael Baxandall
- List rank#7
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews148
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Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by Cynthia Freeland
- List rank#8
- Price$8.95
- Rating4.3
- Reviews229
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The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
by Jerry Brotton
- List rank#9
- Price$12.11
- Rating4.3
- Reviews254
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Signs and Symbols in Christian Art
by George Ferguson
- List rank#10
- Price$12.30
- Rating4.4
- Reviews139
FAQ
Is Art History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 24 reviews and sells for $38.75.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Art History?
The median best seller has 24 reviews, and 74% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Art History best sellers cost?
The median price is $38.75; half of the best sellers are priced between $25.51 and $62.14.
Can new books break into Art History?
3% 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.