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Royalty (Leaders & Notable People, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Royalty (Leaders & Notable People, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.96, median 722 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $11.96 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 722 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Royalty best sellers
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Swan Song: Diana, my sister
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,271
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Queens at War: England's Medieval Queens Book Four
by Alison Weir
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews183
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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
by Lucy Worsley
- List rank#3
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews274
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Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family - The Instant No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller
by Tom Bower
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,974
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Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
by Andrew Morton
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,554
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The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs
by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews223
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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28,201
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Spare
by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews117,996
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Queens and Kings: A Personal History of the Monarchy
by Lucy Worsley
- List rank#10
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews188
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FAQ
Is Royalty a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 722 reviews and sells for $11.96.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Royalty?
The median best seller has 722 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Royalty best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.96; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Royalty?
12% 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.