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United States (Historical, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for United States (Historical, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 2,860 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $14.77 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 2,860 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $14.77, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews689
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II — A WWII Story Set in the Pacific Theater
- List rank#2
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America
by John A. Jenkins
- List rank#3
- Price$14.54
- Rating4.4
- Reviews24
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
by Gwen Strauss
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,210
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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#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews114
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Machiavelli: A Biography
by Miles Unger
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews93
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews15,756
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Tom Paine: A Political Life (Grove Great Lives)
by John Keane
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews57
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To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower – A New York Times Bestselling Biography of Courage and Bold Presidential Leadership (The Presidential Series Book 3)
by Bret Baier
- List rank#10
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,862
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: United States
FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,860 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 2,860 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $14.77.
Can new books break into United States?
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.