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History (History & Culture, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for History (History & Culture, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.93, median 175 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.77 – $26.77 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 21% of the parent category History & Culture (818), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $11.77 to $26.77, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 History best sellers
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Elon Musk
- List rank#1
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews23,917
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Steve Jobs
- List rank#2
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews26,941
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- List rank#3
- Price$16.88
- Rating4.6
- Reviews855
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- List rank#4
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,209
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The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
by Alexander C. Karp
- List rank#5
- Price$11.62
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,209
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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
by Richard Hamming
- List rank#6
- Price$31.81
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,322
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
by Kim Zetter
- List rank#8
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,448
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: 25th Anniversary Edition
by Steven Levy
- List rank#9
- Price$23.64
- Rating4.5
- Reviews835
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The Ultimate Book of Facts About Everything: Science, Animals, History, World Records, Inventions, Sports, Pop Culture, Technology, Space, Language, and More!
by Jack Haynes
- List rank#10
- Price$11.07
- Rating4.6
- Reviews710
FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 175 reviews and sells for $16.93.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 175 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.93; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.77 and $26.77.
Can new books break into History?
7% 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.