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Fantasy (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Fantasy (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 4,484 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 4,484 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 33% of the parent category Historical Fiction (13,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Fantasy best sellers
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Timeline: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews13,084
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Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1)
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews106,624
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Weyward: A Novel
by Emilia Hart
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews63,730
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The Last Hours: A Novel
by Minette Walters
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews556
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews136,196
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The Witches of Cambridge (A Read with Jenna Pick): A Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews2,422
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Dragonfly In Amber (Outlander, Book 2)
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews61,547
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1492 The Relativity of Tomorrow
by Johnny JJ Hernandez
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews148
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The Gold Keepers
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews44
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews18,052
FAQ
Is Fantasy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4,484 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Fantasy?
The median best seller has 4,484 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Fantasy best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Fantasy?
14% 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.