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Movements & Periods (History & Criticism, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Movements & Periods (History & Criticism, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.99, median 1,719 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.24 – $15.43 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,719 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $10.99 its median price is below 87% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Movements & Periods best sellers
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Royal Witch: A Novel
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews219
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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John Douglas
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,048
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Hamlet
- List rank#3
- Price$6.32
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,510
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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- List rank#4
- Price$11.55
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,686
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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#5
- Price$5.73
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,520
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Macbeth: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,186
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Isola: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
by Allegra Goodman
- List rank#7
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews25,008
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Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
- List rank#8
- Price$16.35
- Rating4.4
- Reviews80,633
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Macbeth (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- List rank#9
- Price$5.78
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,237
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Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English
- List rank#10
- Price$6.84
- Rating4.7
- Reviews5,822
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Movements & Periods
FAQ
Is Movements & Periods a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,719 reviews and sells for $10.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Movements & Periods?
The median best seller has 1,719 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Movements & Periods best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.24 and $15.43.
Can new books break into Movements & Periods?
6% 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.