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History (Social & Cultural, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History (Social & Cultural, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $2.99, median 233 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $2.99 its median price is below 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its median reviews are 25% of the parent category Social & Cultural (947), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,076
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Dark Academia: How Universities Die
by Peter Fleming
- List rank#2
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews112
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews371
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The Battle for the Black Mind
by Karida L. Brown Ph.D
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews64
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The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past
by Chelsea Follett
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3
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Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
by Eve L. Ewing
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews142
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The Talented Tenth
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews456
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Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- List rank#8
- Price$0.52
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,196
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The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II (Inspiring Gift for Fans of Women's History Books)
by Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder
- List rank#9
- Price$9.81
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,447
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A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
by Judith Flanders
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews228
FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 233 reviews and sells for $2.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 233 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $2.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into History?
3% 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.