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History & Periods: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History & Periods, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 96 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.27 – $14.02 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 4% 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 $4.27 to $14.02, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 History & Periods best sellers
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,683
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The Power and the Glory: Life in the English Country House Before the Great War
by Adrian Tinniswood
- List rank#2
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews85
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Versailles: A Biography of a Palace (ST. MARTIN'S GR)
by Tony Spawforth
- List rank#3
- Price$12.24
- Rating4.5
- Reviews227
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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome
by Jake Morrissey
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews195
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Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide
by Eyal Weizman
- List rank#5
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews21
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City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Époque
by Mike Rapport
- List rank#6
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews27
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How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit
by Witold Rybczynski
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews66
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The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
by James Gardner
- List rank#8
- Price$10.94
- Rating4.4
- Reviews302
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Building a Timeless House in an Instant Age
by Brent Hull
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews53
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Renacimiento: El arte que conquistó el mundo | UNA VISIÓN ÚNICA Y NOVEDOSA PARA ENTENDER CÓMO EL RENACIMIENTO HA MOLDEADO LAS BASES DE LA MODERNIDAD Y ... AÚN HOY CAUSA FASCINACIÓN. (Spanish Edition)
by Alberto Garín
- List rank#10
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews74
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FAQ
Is History & Periods a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 96 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History & Periods?
The median best seller has 96 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History & Periods best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.27 and $14.02.
Can new books break into History & Periods?
4% 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.