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Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.49, median 7,182 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.49 – $12.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 98% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 7,182 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 20% of the parent category Fantasy (36,126), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.49 to $12.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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The Queen's Witch (The Tudor Witches Book 1)
by Nancy Kress
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,086
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The Blade Itself (The First Law Trilogy Book 1)
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews30,041
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Lair of the Lion: A Classic Dark Beauty and the Beast Paranormal Historical Romance
by Christine Feehan
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,736
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Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1)
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews106,624
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews136,196
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Under Heaven
by Guy Gavriel Kay
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,978
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Dragonfly In Amber (Outlander, Book 2)
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews61,547
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FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7,182 reviews and sells for $6.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 7,182 reviews, and 6% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.49 and $12.24.
Can new books break into Historical?
13% 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.