KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Civil War (History › United States, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Civil War (History › United States, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.26, median 556 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.12 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 556 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.12, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Civil War best sellers
-
A People's History of the United States: The Classic National Bestseller—American History from the Bottom Up, from Columbus to Clinton
by Howard Zinn
- List rank#1
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,647
-
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
by Tony Horwitz
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews756
-
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
by Edward E Baptist
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,427
-
The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America
by Noah Feldman
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews189
-
My Bondage and My Freedom
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,327
-
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
by Erik Larson
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,810
-
Little Women
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,537
-
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)
by Garry Wills
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews363
-
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
- List rank#9
- Price$11.03
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,977
-
Time Warriors: Civil War, World War (Time Warriors Civil War Vol3)
by George Mavro
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Civil War
FAQ
Is Civil War a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 556 reviews and sells for $8.26.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Civil War?
The median best seller has 556 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Civil War best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.26; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.12.
Can new books break into Civil War?
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.