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History (History › Science & Medicine, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History (History › Science & Medicine, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 154 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 108 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Science & Medicine (1,056), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Complete Works of Carl Jung: Psychological Types, Psychiatric Studies, Essays on Analytical Psychology & others (Grapevine Press)
by Carl Jung
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews163
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Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More! (Adams 101 Series)
by Paul Kleinman
- List rank#2
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,464
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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
by Norman Ohler
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,861
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No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
by Ron Powers
- List rank#4
- Price$10.53
- Rating4.5
- Reviews857
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism—Understanding the Social Science of Cult Influence
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews5,203
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
- List rank#6
- Price$9.21
- Rating4.4
- Reviews12,113
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The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
by Susannah Cahalan
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,224
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
by Antonia Hylton
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,039
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes
- List rank#9
- Price$12.61
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,072
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Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America
by Audrey Clare Farley
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews279
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FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 154 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 154 reviews, and 44% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into History?
5% 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.