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Military (Teens › Historical Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Military (Teens › Historical Fiction, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.20, median 266 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).

25Opportunity / 100
$9.20Median price
266Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$7.59 – $12.10
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)7%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Historical Fiction (1,764), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $9.20 its median price is below 93% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Military best sellers

  1. Salt to the Sea book cover by Ruta Sepetys

    Salt to the Sea

    by Ruta Sepetys

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews17,607

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  2. The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition) book cover by Markus Zusak

    The Book Thief (Anniversary Edition)

    by Markus Zusak

    • List rank#2
    • Price$13.91
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews77,463

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  3. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two book cover by Joseph Bruchac

    Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

    by Joseph Bruchac

    • List rank#3
    • Price$6.69
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews3,733

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  4. The Light in Hidden Places book cover by Sharon Cameron

    The Light in Hidden Places

    by Sharon Cameron

    • List rank#4
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews5,679

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  5. The Iliad: A Graphic Novel: (A Modern Visual Adaptation of Homer's Epic War Story of Greek book cover by Gareth Hinds

    The Iliad: A Graphic Novel: (A Modern Visual Adaptation of Homer's Epic War Story of Greek Mythology for Young Adults)

    by Gareth Hinds

    • List rank#5
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,286

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  6. Woods Runner book cover by Gary Paulsen

    Woods Runner

    by Gary Paulsen

    • List rank#6
    • Price$6.76
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,473

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  7. Ground Zero book cover by Alan Gratz

    Ground Zero

    by Alan Gratz

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews4,141

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  8. Prisoner B-3087 book cover by Alan Gratz

    Prisoner B-3087

    by Alan Gratz

    • List rank#8
    • Price$13.13
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,794

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  9. Between Shades of Gray book cover by Ruta Sepetys

    Between Shades of Gray

    by Ruta Sepetys

    • List rank#9
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews11,577

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  10. The Paper Girl of Paris: A Gripping Dual-Timeline Mystery About a Locked Apartment and the book cover by Jordyn Taylor

    The Paper Girl of Paris: A Gripping Dual-Timeline Mystery About a Locked Apartment and the French Resistance

    by Jordyn Taylor

    • List rank#10
    • Price$12.21
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews1,288

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FAQ

Is Military a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 266 reviews and sells for $9.20.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Military?

The median best seller has 266 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Military best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.20; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.59 and $12.10.

Can new books break into Military?

7% 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.