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United States (Teen & Young Adult › History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for United States (Teen & Young Adult › History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 106 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $10.93 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 43% of the parent category History (246), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 United States best sellers
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9,691
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Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir
by Colleen Frakes
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews54
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Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
by Brandy Colbert
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews227
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews79
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The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
by Sarah Miller
- List rank#5
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews761
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Taxes, The Tea Party, and Those Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution
by Stan Mack
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews17
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Unequal: A Story of America
by Michael Eric Dyson
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews229
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The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War
by Jim Murphy
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews226
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,169
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A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution
by Carol Berkin
- List rank#10
- Price$7.94
- Rating4.4
- Reviews278
Subcategories
FAQ
Is United States a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 106 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in United States?
The median best seller has 106 reviews, and 47% of them have fewer than 100.
What do United States best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $10.93.
Can new books break into United States?
3% 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.