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Military (History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Military (History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 1,094 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- The same niche in Books scores 38, 14 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,094 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Military best sellers
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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An Angry Giant: Book 4 of The American War
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews34
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A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain
by David Fisher
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews72
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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life
by Jay Stratton
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews890
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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich: The Extraordinary Story of Fritz Kolbe, America's Most Important Spy in World War II
by Lucas Delattre
- List rank#5
- Price$1.97
- Rating4.3
- Reviews796
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews412
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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
by Gwen Strauss
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,210
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II — A WWII Story Set in the Pacific Theater
- List rank#8
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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A People's History of the United States: The Classic National Bestseller—American History from the Bottom Up, from Columbus to Clinton
by Howard Zinn
- List rank#9
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,647
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Tidal Wave: The Pilots, the Princess, and the Enemy Ace - A True Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
by Adam Makos
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Reviews-
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Military
FAQ
Is Military a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,094 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Military?
The median best seller has 1,094 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Military best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Military?
17% 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.