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History & Philosophy (Science & Math, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for History & Philosophy (Science & Math, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 560 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 560 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
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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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,472
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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- List rank#3
- 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#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,017
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The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
by Kevin Roose
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews177
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The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)
by DK
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,890
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
- List rank#7
- Price$11.38
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,287
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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,993
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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,142
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Beyond Belief: Jaw-Dropping Breakthroughs That Will Shatter Your View of the Mind and Reality
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews16
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FAQ
Is History & Philosophy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 560 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History & Philosophy?
The median best seller has 560 reviews, and 29% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History & Philosophy best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into History & Philosophy?
14% 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.