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Presidents & Heads of State (Leaders & Notable People, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Presidents & Heads of State (Leaders & Notable People, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.72, median 1,236 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).

31Opportunity / 100
$14.72Median price
1,236Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$11.48 – $20.86
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)7%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,236 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Presidents & Heads of State best sellers

  1. Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle – Six Founders Wh book cover by Brian Kilmeade

    Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle – Six Founders Who Shaped America's Revolutionary Democracy

    by Brian Kilmeade

    • List rank#1
    • Price$20.80
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews114

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  2. A Great Book with Barack Obama book cover by Barack Obama

    A Great Book with Barack Obama

    by Barack Obama

    • List rank#2
    • Price$16.69
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews5

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  3. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York book cover by Robert A. Caro

    The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    by Robert A. Caro

    • List rank#3
    • Price$47.46
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews3,218

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  4. A Promised Land book cover by Barack Obama

    A Promised Land

    by Barack Obama

    • List rank#4
    • Price$29.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews127,849

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  5. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey book cover by Candice Millard

    The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

    by Candice Millard

    • List rank#5
    • Price$10.80
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews12,156

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  6. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil Wa book cover by Erik Larson

    The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

    by Erik Larson

    • List rank#6
    • Price$21.59
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews15,810

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  7. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz book cover by Erik Larson

    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

    by Erik Larson

    • List rank#7
    • Price$19.59
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews46,370

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  8. Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith book cover by J. D. Vance

    Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith

    by J. D. Vance

    • List rank#8
    • Price$20.39
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,588

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  9. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln book cover by Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

    by Doris Kearns Goodwin

    • List rank#9
    • Price$24.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews9,845

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  10. Washington: A Life book cover by Ron Chernow

    Washington: A Life

    by Ron Chernow

    • List rank#10
    • Price$31.49
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews9,058

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FAQ

Is Presidents & Heads of State a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,236 reviews and sells for $14.72.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Presidents & Heads of State?

The median best seller has 1,236 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Presidents & Heads of State best sellers cost?

The median price is $14.72; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.48 and $20.86.

Can new books break into Presidents & Heads of State?

7% 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.