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History (Engineering & Transportation › Transportation › History, Books, ID 11941): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for History (Engineering & Transportation › Transportation › History, Books, ID 11941), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $20.99, median 123 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.38 – $25.34 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 18% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 87% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 43% of the parent category History (284), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War
- List rank#1
- Price$26.47
- Rating4.5
- Reviews23
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Unlimited: The True Story of Kenneth Burnstine
by Greg Born
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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Saving Columbia: Lost Opportunity to Save Seven Astronauts
by Marshall H. Kaplan
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews2
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Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History (DK Definitive Transport Guides)
by DK
- List rank#4
- Price$22.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,399
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Bird Men: The Rise of American Airpower and the Machine That Ended World War II – A WWII History of American Airpower and the Superfortress That Changed the Course of the War
by A. J. Baime
- List rank#5
- Price$32.54
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8
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Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying
by Wolfgang Langewiesche
- List rank#6
- Price$19.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,590
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The Wright Brothers
- List rank#7
- Price$16.96
- Rating4.5
- Reviews21,450
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Flight: The Complete History of Aviation (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
by R.G. Grant
- List rank#8
- Price$22.20
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,012
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Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story
by Carol Shaben
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews8,720
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Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life
by Rachel Hartigan
- List rank#10
- Price$16.87
- Rating4.5
- Reviews246
FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 123 reviews and sells for $20.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 123 reviews, and 47% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $20.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.38 and $25.34.
Can new books break into History?
18% 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.