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History & Criticism (Theater, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History & Criticism (Theater, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $10.79, median 80 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Theater (532), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $10.79 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 History & Criticism best sellers
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The Complete Novels of Jane Austen (Leather-bound Classics)
by Jane Austen
- List rank#1
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,173
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Groucho And Me
by Groucho Marx
- List rank#2
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,228
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
by Jack Viertel
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews545
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Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903
by Anthony P. Hatch
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews342
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus
by Robert Fagles
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,653
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Shakespeare After All
by Marjorie Garber
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews285
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Broadway in Black and White: The Untold Story of the American Musical
by John Mauceri
- List rank#8
- Price$17.96
- Reviews-
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage – Bill Bryson's Witty Biography of the Celebrated Poet (Eminent Lives Book 63)
by Bill Bryson
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews7,861
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2: Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Timon of Athens, ... Winter's Tale, The Tempest (Phoenix Books)
by Harold C. Goddard
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews60
FAQ
Is History & Criticism a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 80 reviews and sells for $10.79.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History & Criticism?
The median best seller has 80 reviews, and 55% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History & Criticism best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.79; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into History & Criticism?
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.