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History (Photography, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History (Photography, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.29, median 34 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 24% of the parent category Photography (141), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.29 its median price beats 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 History best sellers
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
by Esther Crain
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews556
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The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography
by Peter Buse
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews10
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How the Other Half Lives: With 100 Photographs from the Riis Collection
by Jacob Riis
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews274
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Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
by Timothy Egan
- List rank#4
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,207
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Portrait of Southern Sharecroppers in the Great Depression
by Walker Evans
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews404
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Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
by Stephen Shames
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews286
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Six Miles to Charleston: The True Story of John and Lavinia Fisher (Murder & Mayhem)
by Bruce Orr
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews286
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Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
by Anika Burgess
- List rank#8
- Price$15.75
- Rating4.4
- Reviews57
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Undisclosed Files of the Police: Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present
by Bernard Whalen
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews102
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The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution
by Bryan Shih
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews100
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FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 34 reviews and sells for $11.29.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 34 reviews, and 72% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.29; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into History?
2% 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.