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United States (History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for United States (History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 820 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 36/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $1.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 21% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 820 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $1.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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The Federalist
by John Jay
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews186
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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Between the World and Me (One World Essentials)
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews44,300
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The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World
- List rank#4
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews128
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Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life
by Jay Stratton
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews890
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- List rank#6
- 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#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews34
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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#8
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
by Craig Fehrman
- List rank#9
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews509
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Tombstone Reckoning: Classic Western (A Johnny Irons Classic Western Adventure Book 4)
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews353
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: United States
FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 36/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 820 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 820 reviews, and 13% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $1.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into United States?
21% 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.