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Historical (Biographies, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical (Biographies, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 256 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $8.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 71% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 256 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $8.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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The Hiding Place: The Inspiring True Story of Faith and Forgiveness During World War II | Young Reader's Edition
- List rank#1
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,843
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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Women Writers of the World)
by Anne Frank
- List rank#2
- Price$1.90
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,634
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Helen Keller (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
by Kitson Jazynka
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews245
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I Am Walt Disney (I Am #11)
by Ms. Grace Norwich
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews116
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Abraham Lincoln (American Biographies)
by Elizabeth Raum
- List rank#5
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7
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Cleopatra (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3)
by Barbara Kramer
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews298
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The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5): An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#7
- Price$8.43
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,243
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Anne Frank (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3)
by Alexandra Zapruder
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews229
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Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
by Trina Robbins
- List rank#9
- Price$6.29
- Rating4.7
- Reviews89
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Harriet Tubman (My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio)
by Czeena Devera
- List rank#10
- Price$12.79
- Reviews-
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FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 256 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 256 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $8.99.
Can new books break into Historical?
3% 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.