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Historical Fiction (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical Fiction (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 13,730 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 27% |
| 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 13,730 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 27% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 46% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (30,138), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Historical Fiction best sellers
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The Witch
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews73,134
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The Calamity Club: A Novel
- List rank#2
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews100,505
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Partita: A Novel
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,525
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The Lost Kingdom of Daughters: A Novel
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,974
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews308,604
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On Mystic Lake: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23,855
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The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,727
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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#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews101,144
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Where the Sea Lavender Grows: A Novel
by Kitty Johnson
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,503
Subcategories
- Scottish32
- Regency31
- European30
- 19th Century29
- British27
- Ancient25
- Medieval24
- Middle Eastern23
- Norse & Icelandic22
- Australian & Oceanian22
- Fantasy21
- Asian20
- African20
- Renaissance20
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense19
- Japanese19
- Chinese19
- Irish18
- Russian18
- Biographical18
- Caribbean & Latin American18
- 20th Century18
- German16
- French15
- Italian12
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FAQ
Is Historical Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 13,730 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical Fiction?
The median best seller has 13,730 reviews, and 6% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Historical Fiction?
27% 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.