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Historical Romance: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Historical Romance, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $3.99, median 714 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $0.99 – $4.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 52% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Romance (8,220), one of the easier corners under it.
- 52% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Historical Romance best sellers
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Where the Sea Lavender Grows: A Novel
by Kitty Johnson
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,503
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Feathers so Vicious: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Court of Ravens Book 1)
by Liv Zander
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews45,883
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Duke of Enveigh (Seven Dukes of Sin Book 5)
by Mariah Stone
- List rank#4
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews140
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The First Witch of Boston: A Novel
by Andrea Catalano
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews38,322
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Lair of the Lion: A Classic Dark Beauty and the Beast Paranormal Historical Romance
by Christine Feehan
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,736
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A Thousand Painted Hours: A Novel
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,155
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Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1)
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews106,624
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A Duke for the Unseen Wallflower: A Historical Romance Novel (No Longer Invisible Book 1)
by Martha Barwood
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews128
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The Duke's Midnight Bride:A Historical Regency Romance Novel (Marriages Written in Scandal Book 1)
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,168
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Historical
FAQ
Is Historical Romance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 714 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Historical Romance?
The median best seller has 714 reviews, and 28% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Historical Romance best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $0.99 and $4.99.
Can new books break into Historical Romance?
52% 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.