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History & Philosophy (Science & Math, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for History & Philosophy (Science & Math, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.52, median 2,526 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.73 – $16.43 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,526 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 History & Philosophy best sellers
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,568
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The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
by Kevin Roose
- List rank#2
- Price$21.74
- Rating4.7
- Reviews177
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Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up
by David Byrne
- List rank#3
- Price$23.40
- Rating4.9
- Reviews11
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- List rank#4
- Price$16.05
- Rating4.7
- Reviews23,680
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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence
- List rank#6
- Price$21.19
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,478
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,825
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0
by Bill Bryson
- List rank#8
- Price$21.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews19,878
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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,074
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,017
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FAQ
Is History & Philosophy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,526 reviews and sells for $12.52.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History & Philosophy?
The median best seller has 2,526 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History & Philosophy best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.52; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.73 and $16.43.
Can new books break into History & Philosophy?
13% 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.