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Biography & History (Business & Money, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Biography & History (Business & Money, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $13.75, median 2,600 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 37/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.29 – $19.30 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 21% of the parent category Business & Money (12,331), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,600 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Biography & History best sellers
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Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary
by Geoffrey Cain
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews273
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Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future
- List rank#2
- Price$18.09
- Rating4.2
- Reviews18
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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
- List rank#3
- Price$20.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,949
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A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World
- List rank#4
- Price$35
- Rating4.6
- Reviews87
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
by Jim Collins
- List rank#5
- Price$22.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,014
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Elon Musk
- List rank#6
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews23,917
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Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life
by Emma Grede
- List rank#7
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews638
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What Could Possibly Go Right?: The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture
by Danny Meyer
- List rank#8
- Price$22.05
- Rating4.6
- Reviews81
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- List rank#9
- Price$10.92
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,977
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1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
- List rank#10
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.4
- Reviews600
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Biography & History
FAQ
Is Biography & History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 37/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,600 reviews and sells for $13.75.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Biography & History?
The median best seller has 2,600 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Biography & History best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.75; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.29 and $19.30.
Can new books break into Biography & History?
17% 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.