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Historical & Literary: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical & Literary, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 328 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.56 – $13.21 |
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| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6.7× those of the parent category Graphic Novels, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 75% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 328 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Historical & Literary best sellers
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Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons Of Ares Vol. 1
by Pierce Brown
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,029
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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood: Revised and Expanded Edition (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
by Jeff Kinney
- List rank#4
- Price$8.75
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,809
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Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes - 30th Anniversary Edition (The Sandman)
by Neil Gaiman
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,869
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Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Precious Little Life Color Edition
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,912
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Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called Vol. 1
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews680
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They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
- List rank#10
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6,795
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Literary
FAQ
Is Historical & Literary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 328 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical & Literary?
The median best seller has 328 reviews, and 34% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical & Literary best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.56 and $13.21.
Can new books break into Historical & Literary?
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.