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State & Local (History › United States, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for State & Local (History › United States, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.84, median 908 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 908 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 State & Local best sellers
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews128
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- List rank#3
- Price$9.40
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,096
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Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution
by Katherine Grandjean
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews34
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Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle – Six Founders Who Shaped America's Revolutionary Democracy
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews114
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The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31,548
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Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket
by Brian McDonald
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews370
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In Cold Blood (Vintage International)
by Truman Capote
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,830
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews18,154
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The Witches: Salem, 1692
by Stacy Schiff
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews2,164
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: State & Local
FAQ
Is State & Local a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 908 reviews and sells for $9.84.
How many reviews do you need to rank in State & Local?
The median best seller has 908 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do State & Local best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.84; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into State & Local?
6% 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.