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Indigenous (History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Indigenous (History, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.91, median 565 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.48 – $18.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 45% of the parent category History (1,243), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 78% of Books categories: the median best seller has 565 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Indigenous best sellers
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
- List rank#2
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews82,738
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S. C. Gwynne
- List rank#3
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews21,988
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A People's History of the United States: A National Bestselling Book on U.S. History and the Fight for Racial Equality
by Howard Zinn
- List rank#4
- Price$15.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,647
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning History)
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- List rank#5
- Price$10.64
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,493
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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative
by Allan W. Eckert
- List rank#6
- Price$24.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,575
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
- List rank#7
- Price$8.46
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,894
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Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
by Pekka Hämäläinen
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews875
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
- List rank#9
- Price$13.06
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6,807
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Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
by Mary Annette Pember
- List rank#10
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews258
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FAQ
Is Indigenous a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 565 reviews and sells for $14.91.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Indigenous?
The median best seller has 565 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Indigenous best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.91; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $18.99.
Can new books break into Indigenous?
3% 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.