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El Salvador (History › Central America, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for El Salvador (History › Central America, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $21.69, median 8 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.92 – $33.92 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Central America (148), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 85% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 8 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $13.92 to $33.92, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 El Salvador best sellers
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What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
by Carolyn Forche
- List rank#1
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews856
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The Massacre at El Mozote
by Mark Danner
- List rank#2
- Price$18
- Rating4.6
- Reviews219
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Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
by Augustine Sedgewick
- List rank#3
- Price$10.68
- Rating4.4
- Reviews366
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The Making of Revolutionary Feminism in El Salvador
by Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra
- List rank#5
- Price$29.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews3
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Honduras 1985: The U.S. Army in Central America
by Daniel R Crawford
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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THE 1980-1992 CIVIL WAR IN EL SALVADOR: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL IMPACTS ON THE WAR’S END
by James E. Hutton
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7
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The Roots of El Salvador: Tracing the History of a Nation: Roots of Central America
by Sean Rust
- List rank#8
- Price$10.64
- Rating2.5
- Reviews4
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Blood in the Fields: Oscar Romero, Catholic Social Teaching, and Land Reform
by Matthew Philipp Whelan
- List rank#9
- Price$26.68
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
by Elisabeth Jean Wood
- List rank#10
- Price$28.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13
FAQ
Is El Salvador a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 8 reviews and sells for $21.69.
How many reviews do you need to rank in El Salvador?
The median best seller has 8 reviews, and 88% of them have fewer than 100.
What do El Salvador best sellers cost?
The median price is $21.69; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.92 and $33.92.
Can new books break into El Salvador?
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.