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History (Women's Studies, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History (Women's Studies, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 41 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Women's Studies (1,238), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 31, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Lucky Me: My Story of Survival, Shame, and Strength
by Dagmar Margot
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Reviews-
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The Pit: The True Crime Story of Six Women, One Monster, and the Nightmare Below
by Ryan Green
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews1,479
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Occult Feminism: The Secret History of Women's Liberation
by Rachel Wilson
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews605
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Olive Oatman: A Life from Beginning to End (Native American History)
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,286
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Hitler's Betrayed Daughters : Talking to German Women of WW II for the Last Time (World War II from a German Point of View)
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews57
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Women In War : A Gripping Collection of the Untold True Stories of History's Bravest Women Warriors
by David Yuzuk
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews997
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Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
by Hayley Nolan
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,166
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Killer Memory: Jeannie Rousseau: A True WWII Female Spy Story
by Jo Duval
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews191
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Wife No. 19: The Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete Exposé of Mormonism, and Revealing the Sorrows, Sacrifices and Sufferings of Women in Polygamy
by Ann Eliza Young
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,095
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The Search for Nefertiti: The True Story of an Amazing Discovery
by Joann Fletcher
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews322
Same niche in Books: History
FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 41 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 41 reviews, and 67% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into History?
8% 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.