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Historical (History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical (History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 2,070 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $13.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 94% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 2,070 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 2.6× those of the parent category History, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $13.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life
by Jay Stratton
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews890
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Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England
by Kate Hubbard
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews80
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews412
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Man's Search for Meaning
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews101,090
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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
by Gwen Strauss
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,210
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II — A WWII Story Set in the Pacific Theater
- List rank#8
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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Tidal Wave: The Pilots, the Princess, and the Enemy Ace - A True Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
by Adam Makos
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews689
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Historical
FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,070 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 2,070 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.24.
Can new books break into Historical?
10% 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.