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Canadian (Historical, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Canadian (Historical, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.39, median 214 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.99 – $19.92 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Historical (5,749), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Canadian best sellers
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The Day the World Came to Town Updated Edition: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland ― An Inspiring Social History of Stranded Passengers
by Jim DeFede
- List rank#1
- Price$11.84
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,756
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True North: On the Road in Canada – An Acclaimed Memoir of Landscapes, Ancestral Connections, and Cultural Identity
by Paul Theroux
- List rank#2
- Price$25.60
- Rating4.3
- Reviews76
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The Hockey 100: The Definitive Ranking of Ice Hockey's Greatest Players by The Athletic's Journalists (Sports series, 4)
by The Athletic
- List rank#3
- Price$36.79
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,921
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer – A #1 NYT Bestselling Serial Killer Investigation
by Michelle McNamara
- List rank#5
- Price$9.18
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26,997
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
by Jonathan Freedland
- List rank#6
- Price$11.10
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,785
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation ― Journalist Cokie Roberts' NYT Bestselling American History Book About Female Patriots
- List rank#7
- Price$8.08
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,352
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The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra
by Alex Messenger
- List rank#8
- Price$14.63
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,233
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I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend – The Tony Winner's Moving Memoir of Private Loss and Resilient Optimism
by Martin Short
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,904
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer ― A Gripping Edgar Award-Winning Civil War History Book About John Wilkes Booth (P.S.)
- List rank#10
- Price$11.35
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,845
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Canada
FAQ
Is Canadian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 214 reviews and sells for $14.39.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Canadian?
The median best seller has 214 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Canadian best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.39; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.99 and $19.92.
Can new books break into Canadian?
8% 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.