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History & Criticism (Radio, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History & Criticism (Radio, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.00 – $14.97 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 43% of the parent category Radio (69), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.00 to $14.97, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 History & Criticism best sellers
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"This Is Berlin": Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews202
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Radio Broadcasting: A History of the Airwaves
by Gordon Bathgate
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews69
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The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age
by Scott Woolley
- List rank#3
- Price$12.15
- Rating4.5
- Reviews573
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The Great American Nightmare: An Oral History of the Howard Stern Show
by Greg Prato
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10
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Hello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American Radio
by Anthony Rudel
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews175
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Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time (with "I LOVE LUCY's Lost Scenes" and rare Lucille Ball audio)
by Jess Oppenheimer
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews454
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And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
by Studs Terkel
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews34
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Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
by Lisa Napoli
- List rank#8
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,368
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GMRS RADIO ESSENTIALS 2025: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Understanding, Setting Up, and Communicating Effectively with GMRS Radios
by KART KURT JOHAN
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2
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Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America
by William Elliott Hazelgrove
- List rank#10
- Price$26.83
- Rating4.1
- Reviews30
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FAQ
Is History & Criticism a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History & Criticism?
The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 78% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History & Criticism best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.00 and $14.97.
Can new books break into History & Criticism?
5% 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.