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Gilded Age (19th Century, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Gilded Age (19th Century, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 102 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.74 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category 19th Century (842), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.74 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Gilded Age best sellers
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The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
by Denise Kiernan
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews7,654
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
by Esther Crain
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews556
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The Innkeeper's Wife: A Novel of Bertha Palmer and Gilded Age Chicago
by Siobhan Hartsell
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews63
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Grover Cleveland: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents)
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews59
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The First Tycoon (Pulitzer Prize Winner): The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
by T.J. Stiles
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,444
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The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915
by Jon Grinspan
- List rank#6
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.4
- Reviews232
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Ghosts of History: True Ghost Stories and Hauntings from Old American Newspapers
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1
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Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
by Al Roker
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews636
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Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by Bill Dedman
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews9,214
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The Gilded Age: A History from Beginning to End
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews877
FAQ
Is Gilded Age a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 102 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Gilded Age?
The median best seller has 102 reviews, and 50% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Gilded Age best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.74 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Gilded Age?
12% 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.