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Renaissance (Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Renaissance (Literature & Fiction › Historical Fiction, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 1,742 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $16.47 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Historical Fiction (20,538), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,742 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $7.99 its median price is below 96% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Renaissance best sellers
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The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
- List rank#1
- Price$23.59
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,727
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The Queen's Witch (The Tudor Witches Book 1)
by Nancy Kress
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,086
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Royal Witch: A Novel
- List rank#3
- Price$31.49
- Rating4.0
- Reviews219
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Death by Misadventure: A Novel
by Jane Bitomsky
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews2,226
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The Marriage Portrait: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
by Maggie O'Farrell
- List rank#5
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews42,444
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,755
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Isola: A Novel
by Allegra Goodman
- List rank#7
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.3
- Reviews25,008
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The Familiar: A Novel
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews11,333
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Wolf Hall: A Novel
by Hilary Mantel
- List rank#9
- Price$32.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews23,279
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The Virgin's Lover (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels Book 3)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,339
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FAQ
Is Renaissance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,742 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Renaissance?
The median best seller has 1,742 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Renaissance best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $16.47.
Can new books break into Renaissance?
16% 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.