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Historical Events (Genres & Styles, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Historical Events (Genres & Styles, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.99, median 97 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.36 – $27.67 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Genres & Styles (1,801), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Historical Events best sellers
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The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews5,297
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The Great Gatsby: The Original 1925 Edition (A F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,894
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Don Quixote: The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Miguel de Cervantes Classics)
by Miguel de Cervantes
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,838
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Talmadge Farm
by Leo Daughtry
- List rank#4
- Price$16.52
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,754
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The Age of Innocence
- List rank#5
- Price$0.79
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,016
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
by Amitav Ghosh
- List rank#6
- Price$11.07
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,295
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A Collection of Essays
- List rank#7
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews505
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Brave New World Revisited
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,699
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A Tale of Two Cities (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint Classics)
- List rank#9
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews168
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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,688
FAQ
Is Historical Events a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 97 reviews and sells for $18.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical Events?
The median best seller has 97 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical Events best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.36 and $27.67.
Can new books break into Historical Events?
7% 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.