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Latin America (Historical, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Latin America (Historical, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.38, median 1,262 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.71 – $16.91 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 22% of the parent category Historical (5,749), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,262 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Latin America best sellers
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
- List rank#1
- Price$12.40
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- List rank#2
- Price$10.80
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,156
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The Day the World Came to Town Updated Edition: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland ― An Inspiring Social History of Stranded Passengers
by Jim DeFede
- List rank#3
- Price$11.84
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,756
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer – A #1 NYT Bestselling Serial Killer Investigation
by Michelle McNamara
- List rank#4
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26,997
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
by Douglas Preston
- List rank#5
- Price$23.09
- Rating4.3
- Reviews17,790
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Ídolos con pies de barro: Los falsos héroes de la izquierda y la cultura woke (Spanish Edition)
- List rank#6
- Price$19.96
- Rating4.1
- Reviews30
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The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
by David Talbot
- List rank#7
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,599
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Wild Story of Friendship, War, and One Man’s Unbelievable Mission to Vietnam
by John "Chick" Donohue
- List rank#8
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,063
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River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon
by Buddy Levy
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,103
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The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane, and Discovery
by Martin Dugard
- List rank#10
- Price$11.44
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,299
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FAQ
Is Latin America a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,262 reviews and sells for $12.38.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Latin America?
The median best seller has 1,262 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Latin America best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.38; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.71 and $16.91.
Can new books break into Latin America?
6% 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.