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Maritime History & Piracy (History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Maritime History & Piracy (History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 246 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 31% of the parent category History (800), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 71% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 246 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Maritime History & Piracy best sellers
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- List rank#1
- Price$9.40
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,096
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Britannia's Son (The Duty and Destiny Series Book 4)
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews45
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The Wreck of the Medusa
by Jonathan Miles
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews118
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews43,268
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The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,623
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Burning Harbour: Book 8 of the Nicholas Cruwys Naval Series
- List rank#6
- Price$9
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,814
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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#7
- Price$11.44
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,299
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The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
- List rank#8
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews951
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,332
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The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
- List rank#10
- Price$9.31
- Rating4.0
- Reviews555
FAQ
Is Maritime History & Piracy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 246 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Maritime History & Piracy?
The median best seller has 246 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Maritime History & Piracy best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Maritime History & Piracy?
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.