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History (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 800 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 24% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 24% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- The same niche in Books scores 38, 14 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 800 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map)
by DK
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,663
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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The Federalist
by John Jay
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews186
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The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a true story
by Brenda Davies
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews67,009
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews44,300
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The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews658
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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Subcategories
- Americas40
- Europe37
- United States36
- Historical Study32
- World31
- Science & Medicine30
- Social & Cultural30
- Middle East29
- Religion29
- Historical28
- Russia28
- Modern (16th-21st Centuries)28
- Australia & Oceania27
- Africa26
- Maritime History & Piracy26
- Ancient Civilizations25
- Indigenous25
- Hispanic & Latino25
- Military24
- Women in History22
- Asia22
- Arctic & Antarctica19
Same niche in Books: History
FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 800 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 800 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into History?
24% 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.