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Religious History: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Religious History, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $32.99, median 22 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $21.97 – $40.23 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Religious Studies (240), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $32.99 its median price beats 90% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Religious History best sellers
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The Occult World (Routledge Worlds)
by Christopher Partridge
- List rank#1
- Price$36.28
- Rating4.8
- Reviews20
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The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
by Ronald Hutton
- List rank#2
- Price$21.97
- Rating4.7
- Reviews155
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The Nature of the Gods (Oxford World's Classics)
by Cicero
- List rank#3
- Price$12.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews101
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The Annotated Book of Mormon
by Grant Hardy
- List rank#4
- Price$39.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews190
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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (Routledge Classics)
by Frances Yates
- List rank#5
- Price$23.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews82
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Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age
by Peter Harrison
- List rank#6
- Price$32.45
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13
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The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple (Canto Classics)
by Malcolm Barber
- List rank#7
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews181
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America's Four Gods: What We Say About God--And What That Says About Us
by Paul Froese
- List rank#8
- Price$48.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews11
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The World of Myth: An Anthology
by David Leeming
- List rank#9
- Price$39.40
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12
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African Religions: A Very Short Introduction
by Jacob K. Olupona
- List rank#10
- Price$12.11
- Rating4.7
- Reviews120
FAQ
Is Religious History a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 22 reviews and sells for $32.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Religious History?
The median best seller has 22 reviews, and 77% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Religious History best sellers cost?
The median price is $32.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $21.97 and $40.23.
Can new books break into Religious History?
1% 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.