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Military (History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Military (History, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.99, median 2,331 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 38/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.84 – $20 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 93% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,331 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 24, 14 points lower than here.
- 14% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Military best sellers
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
- List rank#1
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews39,558
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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#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life
by Jay Stratton
- List rank#3
- Price$22.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews890
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One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya
by Christian Craighead
- List rank#4
- Price$30
- Rating4.8
- Reviews682
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
- List rank#6
- Price$24.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,393
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews412
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
- List rank#8
- Price$12.40
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid
by Will Chesney
- List rank#9
- Price$12.06
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,343
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
- List rank#10
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,091
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Military
FAQ
Is Military a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 38/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,331 reviews and sells for $14.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Military?
The median best seller has 2,331 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Military best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.84 and $20.
Can new books break into Military?
14% 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.