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History (Children's Books › Comics & Graphic Novels, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for History (Children's Books › Comics & Graphic Novels, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $11.90, median 60 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.99 – $14.46 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Comics & Graphic Novels (7,175), 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.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 17, 15 points lower than here.
Top 10 History best sellers
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The Action Bible: God's Redemptive Story (Action Bible Series)
- List rank#1
- Price$15.83
- Rating4.9
- Reviews14,901
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The Web of War (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #14): A World War II Tale (Volume 14)
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#2
- Price$11.67
- Reviews-
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The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel
by Mariah Marsden
- List rank#3
- Price$7.68
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,346
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales 3-Book Box Set: A Graphic Novel Collection
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#4
- Price$22.52
- Rating4.9
- Reviews517
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Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#5
- Price$7.96
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,621
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#6
- Price$9.39
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,665
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Bones and Berserkers (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #13): 13 True Tales of Terror from American History
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#7
- Price$13.60
- Rating4.2
- Reviews372
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Big Bad Ironclad! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2): A Civil War Tale (Volume 2)
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#8
- Price$8.24
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,541
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Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4): A World War I Tale
by Nathan Hale
- List rank#9
- Price$8.54
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,928
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La Biblia en acción (The Action Bible) (Spanish) (Action Bible Series) (Spanish Edition)
by Sergio Cariello
- List rank#10
- Price$17.32
- Rating4.9
- Reviews853
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: History
FAQ
Is History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 60 reviews and sells for $11.90.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History?
The median best seller has 60 reviews, and 59% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.90; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.99 and $14.46.
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.