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Intelligence & Espionage (Specific Topics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Intelligence & Espionage (Specific Topics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.05, median 821 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$11.05Median price
821Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.74 – $14.93
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)8%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • At $11.05 its median price beats 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 821 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.74 to $14.93, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Intelligence & Espionage best sellers

  1. A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich: The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's M book cover by Lucas Delattre

    A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich: The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II

    by Lucas Delattre

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.97
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews796

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  2. Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life book cover by Jay Stratton

    Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life

    by Jay Stratton

    • List rank#2
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews890

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  3. Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History  book cover by Christine Kuehn

    Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

    by Christine Kuehn

    • List rank#3
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,644

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  4. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War book cover by Ben Macintyre

    The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

    by Ben Macintyre

    • List rank#4
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews37,565

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  5. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Sh book cover by Vincent Bevins

    The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

    by Vincent Bevins

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,991

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  6. 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Su book cover by Clint Emerson

    100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation

    by Clint Emerson

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews11,442

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  7. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government book cover by David Talbot

    The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government — A CIA Biography

    by David Talbot

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews5,599

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  8. The Havana Syndrome: Invisible Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Myster book cover by Michael Rey

    The Havana Syndrome: Invisible Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Mystery of Our Time

    by Michael Rey

    • List rank#8
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews29

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  9. Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's M book cover by Neal Bascomb

    Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi

    by Neal Bascomb

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.13
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,945

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  10. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II book cover by Sonia Purnell

    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

    by Sonia Purnell

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews25,063

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FAQ

Is Intelligence & Espionage a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 821 reviews and sells for $11.05.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Intelligence & Espionage?

The median best seller has 821 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Intelligence & Espionage best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.05; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.74 and $14.93.

Can new books break into Intelligence & Espionage?

8% 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.