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Military & Wars (Teen & Young Adult › History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Military & Wars (Teen & Young Adult › History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 112 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 45% of the parent category History (246), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Military & Wars best sellers
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Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
- List rank#1
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,772
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Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat
by Mike Ritland
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews851
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Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews151
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My Early Life. Illustrated
by Winston S. Churchill
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,206
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The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War
by Jim Murphy
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews226
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A Brief History of the Samurai (Brief Histories)
by Jonathan Clements
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews378
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Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War (National Book Award Finalist) (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews569
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Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,155
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The Things Our Fathers Saw—The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume III: War in the Air—Combat, Captivity, and Reunion
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews977
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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
by M. T. Anderson
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews608
FAQ
Is Military & Wars a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 112 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Military & Wars?
The median best seller has 112 reviews, and 48% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Military & Wars best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Military & Wars?
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.