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Royalty (Leaders & Notable People, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Royalty (Leaders & Notable People, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.47, median 1,063 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.68 – $21.05 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,063 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 14% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Royalty best sellers
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Swan Song: Diana, my sister
- List rank#1
- Price$16.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,271
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Spare
by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- List rank#2
- Price$22.82
- Rating4.5
- Reviews117,996
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Queens at War: England's Medieval Queens Book Four
by Alison Weir
- List rank#3
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews183
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Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
by Andrew Morton
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,554
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Queens and Kings: An Unusually Personal History
by Lucy Worsley
- List rank#5
- Price$19.39
- Rating4.8
- Reviews188
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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
by Lucy Worsley
- List rank#6
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews274
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Alexander: God, King, Man
- List rank#7
- Price$22.59
- Rating4.5
- Reviews76
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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#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,974
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
by Dan Jones
- List rank#10
- Price$23.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,555
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FAQ
Is Royalty a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,063 reviews and sells for $14.47.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Royalty?
The median best seller has 1,063 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Royalty best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.47; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.68 and $21.05.
Can new books break into Royalty?
14% 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.