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Historical (British & Irish, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Historical (British & Irish, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 680 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 36/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $8.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 52% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 52% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 99% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 17% of the parent category British & Irish (3,980), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 99% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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If Walls Could Talk: The Dunmara Series - Book 1
- List rank#1
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,787
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Sarum: The Novel of England
by Edward Rutherfurd
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,792
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And Then There Were None
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews59,136
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Lilac Ink: The Knocknashee Story
- List rank#4
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,325
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The Highgate Cemetery Murder: A completely gripping and addictive historical mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 1)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,064
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Lady Reid's Legacy: The Dunmara Series - Book 3
- List rank#6
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,419
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Beatrix (Shackleford and Daughters Book 3)
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews18
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The Rector's Daughter: The Dunmara Series - Book 2
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,228
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A Murder in Belgravia: A thrilling and utterly absorbing historical mystery (A Tate and Bell Mystery Book 9)
- List rank#9
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews726
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The Diary at the Irish Adoption House: A completely heartbreaking and addictive Irish historical fiction novel
by Michelle Vernal
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews90
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Historical
FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 36/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 680 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 680 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $8.99.
Can new books break into Historical?
52% 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.