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Russia (History, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Russia (History, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.14, median 1,356 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.41 – $18.86 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 103 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 89% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,356 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Russia best sellers
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This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American Story
- List rank#1
- Price$18.89
- Rating4.8
- Reviews348
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How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America
by David Corn
- List rank#2
- Price$23.86
- Rating4.8
- Reviews31
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Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II
- List rank#3
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,045
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Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine
by Stephen Kinzer
- List rank#4
- Price$28.20
- Reviews-
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The Havana Syndrome: Secret Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Mystery of Our Time
by Michael Rey
- List rank#5
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews29
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Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
by Julia Ioffe
- List rank#6
- Price$29.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews383
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder
- List rank#7
- Price$9.69
- Rating4.7
- Reviews48,697
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- List rank#8
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews12,185
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Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews447
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
- List rank#10
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,912
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FAQ
Is Russia a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,356 reviews and sells for $14.14.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Russia?
The median best seller has 1,356 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Russia best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.14; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.41 and $18.86.
Can new books break into Russia?
9% 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.