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Nonfiction (Historical & Literary, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Nonfiction (Historical & Literary, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 178 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.99 – $13.02 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
Top 10 Nonfiction best sellers
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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood: Revised and Expanded Edition (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
by Jeff Kinney
- List rank#1
- Price$8.75
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,809
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They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
- List rank#2
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6,795
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Lies My Teacher Told Me
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews94
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Kader's Quest
by Nadir Balan
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews14
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Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling
by Frank Miller
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews81
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It's Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth
by Zoe Thorogood
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,653
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How To Read Comics The Marvel Way (How To Read Comics The Marvel Way (2021))
by Christopher Hastings
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7
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March: Book One
by John Lewis
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,542
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MrBallen Presents: The Terror Within: The Graphic Stories (MrBallen Graphic Stories)
by MrBallen
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews48
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FAQ
Is Nonfiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 178 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Nonfiction?
The median best seller has 178 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Nonfiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.99 and $13.02.
Can new books break into Nonfiction?
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.