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United States (Children's eBooks › Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for United States (Children's eBooks › Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 1,438 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 11/100 (highly competitive).

11Opportunity / 100
$5.99Median price
1,438Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $7.99
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)0%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,438 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 United States best sellers

  1. Where the Red Fern Grows book cover by Wilson Rawls

    Where the Red Fern Grows

    by Wilson Rawls

    • List rank#1
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews20,758

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  2. The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner – A Halloween Book for Teens book cover by Elizabeth George Speare

    The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner – A Halloween Book for Teens

    by Elizabeth George Speare

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews6,857

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  3. Serafina and the Seven Stars (Serafina, 4) book cover by Robert Beatty

    Serafina and the Seven Stars (Serafina, 4)

    by Robert Beatty

    • List rank#3
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews2,128

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  4. Serafina and the Splintered Heart book cover by Robert Beatty

    Serafina and the Splintered Heart

    by Robert Beatty

    • List rank#4
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,917

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  5. Little House on the Prairie: A Classic Chapter Book about Pioneer Family Life on the Ameri book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House on the Prairie: A Classic Chapter Book about Pioneer Family Life on the American Frontier for Children (Ages 8-12)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,201

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  6. The Birchbark House book cover by Louise Erdrich

    The Birchbark House

    by Louise Erdrich

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,262

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  7. One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel: An Award-Winning Story of Three Sisters in Oakland fo book cover by Rita Williams-Garcia

    One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel: An Award-Winning Story of Three Sisters in Oakland for Children (Ages 8-12)

    by Rita Williams-Garcia

    • List rank#7
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews435

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  8. Island of the Blue Dolphins: A Newbery Award Winner—A Gripping Tale of Survival book cover by Scott O'Dell

    Island of the Blue Dolphins: A Newbery Award Winner—A Gripping Tale of Survival

    by Scott O'Dell

    • List rank#8
    • Price$8.49
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews13,064

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  9. Little House in the Big Woods: A Classic Historical Children's Novel of Adventure (Little  book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little House in the Big Woods: A Classic Historical Children's Novel of Adventure (Little House on the Prairie Book 1)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#9
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews7,127

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  10. Little Town on the Prairie: Laura takes her first job, saves for Mary's college, and catch book cover by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Little Town on the Prairie: Laura takes her first job, saves for Mary's college, and catches Almanzo Wilder's eye in this classic prairie-town tale (Little House on the Prairie Book 7)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,857

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: United States

FAQ

Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 11/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,438 reviews and sells for $5.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?

The median best seller has 1,438 reviews, and 6% of them have fewer than 100.

What do United States best sellers cost?

The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $7.99.

Can new books break into United States?

0% 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.