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Historical (Teens › History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Historical (Teens › History, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $11.79, median 159 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.25 – $14.64 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 28% of the parent category History (560), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.79 its median price is below 83% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
- List rank#1
- Price$7.61
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,772
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Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition: Young Adult Edition
- List rank#2
- Price$10.11
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,271
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Farewell to Manzanar: A Powerful Memoir of Growing Up in a Japanese Incarceration Camp
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
- List rank#3
- Price$6.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,637
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47 Days: The True Story of Two Teen Boys Defying Hitler's Reich (Biographical WWII Stories for Teens)
by Annette Oppenlander
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,776
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In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
by Irene Gut Opdyke
- List rank#5
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,549
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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Women Writers of the World)
by Anne Frank
- List rank#6
- Price$1.90
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,634
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The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
- List rank#7
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,205
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Father and I Were Ranchers: Little Britches # 1
by Ralph Moody
- List rank#8
- Price$14.85
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,719
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
by Phillip Hoose
- List rank#9
- Price$12.16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,574
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Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,155
FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 159 reviews and sells for $11.79.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 159 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.79; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.25 and $14.64.
Can new books break into Historical?
2% 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.