KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Military (Teens › History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Military (Teens › History, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.49, median 106 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $9.50 – $14.70 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 19% of the parent category History (560), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $11.49 its median price is below 84% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Military best sellers
-
Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
- List rank#1
- Price$7.61
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,772
-
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
by Anne Frank
- List rank#2
- Price$18.89
- Rating4.7
- Reviews53,063
-
Farewell to Manzanar: A Powerful Memoir of Growing Up in a Japanese Incarceration Camp
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
- List rank#3
- Price$6.39
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,637
-
-
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
- List rank#5
- Price$6.42
- Rating4.7
- Reviews665
-
The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories And Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught In School
by Bill O'Neill
- List rank#6
- Price$9.94
- Rating4.5
- Reviews755
-
-
Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,155
-
-
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
by Phillip Hoose
- List rank#10
- Price$12.16
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,574
FAQ
Is Military a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 106 reviews and sells for $11.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Military?
The median best seller has 106 reviews, and 49% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Military best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.50 and $14.70.
Can new books break into Military?
2% 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.