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Legal History (Law, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Legal History (Law, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.98, median 207 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.46 – $28.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 27% of the parent category Law (770), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Legal History best sellers
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Department of Fate: The Promise, the Power, and the Collapse of America's Most Consequential Institution
- List rank#1
- Price$24.50
- Reviews-
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham
- List rank#2
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews14,893
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Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
by Marilynne K. Roach
- List rank#3
- Price$11.94
- Rating4.4
- Reviews772
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Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
by Adam Cohen
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews150
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The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History (W. Hodding Carter III Books)
- List rank#5
- Price$32.60
- Reviews-
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The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
by Joel F. Harrington
- List rank#6
- Price$10.30
- Rating4.4
- Reviews941
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews371
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If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
by The Goldman Family
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews4,056
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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America ― A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Civil Rights History (P.S.)
by Gilbert King
- List rank#9
- Price$11.73
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,638
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The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law
- List rank#10
- Price$25.50
- Rating4.7
- Reviews325
FAQ
Is Legal History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 207 reviews and sells for $18.98.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Legal History?
The median best seller has 207 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Legal History best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.98; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.46 and $28.50.
Can new books break into Legal History?
11% 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.