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Medieval (Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Medieval (Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $3.99, median 1,375 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $6.18 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Historical Fiction (13,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,375 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Medieval best sellers
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The Last Hours: A Novel
by Minette Walters
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews556
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Between Two Fires
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18,696
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The Snow Witch: A BRAND NEW utterly spellbinding and unputdownable historical timeslip for 2026
by Kirsty Ferry
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews450
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Highlander's Captive (Called by a Highlander Book 1)
by Mariah Stone
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews5,810
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May We Feed the King: Booker Prize Finalist
by Rebecca Perry
- List rank#5
- Price$17.09
- Rating4.0
- Reviews920
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The Starving Saints: A Dark Medieval Tale of Survival, Divine Intervention, and Unraveling Mysteries Amidst a Castle's Descent into Madness
by Caitlin Starling
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews3,549
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Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror
by Mitchell Lüthi
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,464
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The Mapmaker's Daughter: The most spellbinding and heartbreaking historical fiction novel for 2026
- List rank#8
- Price$2.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews8,332
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The Queen’s Spy: An utterly gripping and sweeping Tudor historical fiction novel
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,954
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THE AELF FEN HISTORICAL MYSTERIES BOOKS 1–6: six gripping medieval mysteries
by ALYS CLARE
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews178
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FAQ
Is Medieval a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,375 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Medieval?
The median best seller has 1,375 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Medieval best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $6.18.
Can new books break into Medieval?
21% 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.