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Modern (16th-21st Centuries): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Modern (16th-21st Centuries), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 943 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $14.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 943 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $14.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Modern (16th-21st Centuries) best sellers
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews412
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The Wreck of the Medusa
by Jonathan Miles
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews118
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews689
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The Victors: Eisenhower And His Boys The Men Of World War Ii
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews803
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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
by Jeremy D. Popkin
- List rank#5
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews875
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,123
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A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945
by Vasily Grossman
- List rank#7
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews603
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Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
by Noa Tishby
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,990
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,756
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,594
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Modern (16th-21st Centuries) a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 943 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Modern (16th-21st Centuries)?
The median best seller has 943 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Modern (16th-21st Centuries) best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.24.
Can new books break into Modern (16th-21st Centuries)?
8% 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.