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Historical (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 16,750 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 17/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 16,750 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Books scores 30, 12 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Historical best sellers
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The Calamity Club: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews100,505
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Partita: A Novel
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,525
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The Lost Kingdom of Daughters: A Novel
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,974
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews308,604
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On Mystic Lake: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23,855
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The Alice Network: A Novel – A New York Times Bestselling Historical Fiction of Female Spies, Courage, and Betrayal Across Two World Wars
by Kate Quinn
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews101,144
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Where the Sea Lavender Grows: A Novel
by Kitty Johnson
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,503
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Winter Garden
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews126,942
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Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure: A Novel
by Rhys Bowen
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews42,352
Same niche in Books: Historical
FAQ
Is Historical a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 17/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 16,750 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical?
The median best seller has 16,750 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Historical?
17% 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.