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Historical (Biographies & Memoirs, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Historical (Biographies & Memoirs, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.40, median 5,749 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.99 – $23.04 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 97% of Books categories: the median best seller has 5,749 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 2.4× those of the parent category Biographies & Memoirs, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $9.99 to $23.04, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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48 Laws of Power
- List rank#1
- Price$24.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews90,618
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Man's Search for Meaning
- List rank#2
- Price$12.01
- Rating4.7
- Reviews101,090
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Swan Song: Diana, my sister
- List rank#3
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,271
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Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle – Six Founders Who Shaped America's Revolutionary Democracy
- List rank#4
- Price$20.80
- Rating4.8
- Reviews114
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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life
by Jay Stratton
- List rank#5
- Price$32
- Rating4.5
- Reviews890
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#8
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews44,300
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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#10
- Price$32
- Reviews-
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Historical
FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 5,749 reviews and sells for $12.40.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 5,749 reviews, and 13% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.40; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.99 and $23.04.
Can new books break into Historical?
12% 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.