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Cultural (Anthropology, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Cultural (Anthropology, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 744 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.24 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 744 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.24 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Cultural best sellers
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
- List rank#2
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,996
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The Great Remembering: Powerful Ancient Practices—and the New Science Bringing Them Back
by June Cohen
- List rank#3
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews80
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The Biggest Game in Town
by Al Alvarez
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews196
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Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America
by Wendy A. Woloson
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews34
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,675
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews7,687
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The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse
by Brian Cowan
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8,762
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,162
FAQ
Is Cultural a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 744 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Cultural?
The median best seller has 744 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Cultural best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.24 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Cultural?
9% 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.