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Canada (Historical, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Canada (Historical, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.69, median 95 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Historical (2,070), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Canada best sellers
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
- List rank#1
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,756
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The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,921
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
by Jonathan Freedland
- List rank#3
- Price$8.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,785
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Stikine Wild - The Wilderness Years: Raising a Family in the Canadian/Alaskan Wilderness
by Stefan Jacob
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews495
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
by Jean Kennedy Smith
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,883
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Where Children Run: A True Story
by Karen Emilson
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,888
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The Grey Goose of Arnhem: The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II (Major Battles of World War Two)
by Leo Heaps
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,994
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Tecumseh: A Life
by John Sugden
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews195
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French Kids Eat Everything: French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple ... Happy, Healthy Eaters – A Parenting Memoir
by Karen Le Billon
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,315
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
by Paul Reid
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,579
Same niche in Books: Canadian
FAQ
Is Canada a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 95 reviews and sells for $8.69.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Canada?
The median best seller has 95 reviews, and 53% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Canada best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.69; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Canada?
2% 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.