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History (Children's Books › Art, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for History (Children's Books › Art, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.94, median 140 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.75 – $16.08 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Art (2,088), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $11.94 its median price is below 83% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Balloons Over Broadway: An Inspiring True Story About Parade Balloons for Children (Ages 4–8)
- List rank#1
- Price$10.50
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,256
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All the Animals: How to Draw Books for Kids with Dogs, Cats, Lions, Dolphins, and More (How to Draw For Kids Series)
by Alli Koch
- List rank#2
- Price$9.80
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,641
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ABCs of Art (Sabrina Hahn's Art & Concepts for Kids)
by Sabrina Hahn
- List rank#3
- Price$10.80
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,290
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
by Nicholas Day
- List rank#4
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.4
- Reviews444
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How to Draw Everything for Kids: 400 Step-by-Step Drawings of Cool Animals, Vehicles, Monsters, Robots, Food, Gifts, and So Much More!
- List rank#5
- Price$10.90
- Rating4.7
- Reviews37
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Timelines of World History: A Gorgeously Illustrated Guide with Key Dates from the Stone Age to the Year 2000 for Children (Ages 9-12) (Where's the...)
by Jane Chisholm
- List rank#6
- Price$10.01
- Rating4.6
- Reviews48
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My Book of Little House Paper Dolls: The Big Woods Collection
- List rank#7
- Price$11.46
- Rating4.8
- Reviews687
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The Arts: A Visual Encyclopedia of Art History (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)
by DK
- List rank#8
- Price$20.93
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,666
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Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?
- List rank#9
- Price$4.54
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,844
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution ― A Young Girl's Deeply Moving True Story of Growing Up in Mao's China
by Ji-li Jiang
- List rank#10
- Price$6.05
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,140
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FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 140 reviews and sells for $11.94.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 140 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.94; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.75 and $16.08.
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.