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Economic History (Economics, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Economic History (Economics, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.30, median 1,215 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.55 – $21.94 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,215 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 43% of the parent category Economics (2,858), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Economic History best sellers
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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
- List rank#1
- 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#2
- Price$35
- Rating4.6
- Reviews87
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- List rank#3
- Price$10.92
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,977
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What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity
- List rank#4
- Price$27.10
- Rating4.1
- Reviews47
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1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
- List rank#5
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.4
- Reviews600
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
- List rank#6
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,236
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The Age of Confiscation: Making and Taking Property in the Creation of the Modern World
by Nicholas Mulder
- List rank#7
- Price$18.99
- Reviews-
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
by Ray Dalio
- List rank#8
- Price$12.88
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,038
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Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
- List rank#9
- Price$15.65
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,268
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
by Brian Merchant
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews293
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FAQ
Is Economic History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,215 reviews and sells for $15.30.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Economic History?
The median best seller has 1,215 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Economic History best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.30; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.55 and $21.94.
Can new books break into Economic History?
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.