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History & Surveys: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for History & Surveys, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14, median 205 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.06 – $20.05 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 0% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 History & Surveys best sellers
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Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Hackett Classics)
by Plato
- List rank#1
- Price$12
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,172
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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
by William B. Irvine
- List rank#2
- Price$15.87
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,564
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Phenomenology of Spirit
by G. W. F. Hegel
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews838
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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
by Simon Blackburn
- List rank#5
- Price$12.48
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,356
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Republic (Hackett Classics)
by Plato
- List rank#7
- Price$14.24
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,574
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: with Hume's Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature and A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh (Hackett Classics)
by David Hume
- List rank#8
- Price$12
- Rating4.6
- Reviews488
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Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
- List rank#9
- Price$39.52
- Rating4.7
- Reviews327
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Meditations on First Philosophy (Hackett Classics)
- List rank#10
- Price$10
- Rating4.6
- Reviews685
FAQ
Is History & Surveys a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 205 reviews and sells for $14.
How many reviews do you need to rank in History & Surveys?
The median best seller has 205 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do History & Surveys best sellers cost?
The median price is $14; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.06 and $20.05.
Can new books break into History & Surveys?
0% 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.