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Veterans (United States, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Veterans (United States, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.25, median 1,126 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.94 – $20.83 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 35% of the parent category United States (3,198), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,126 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Veterans best sellers
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
by E. B. Sledge
- List rank#1
- Price$17.89
- Rating4.9
- Reviews111
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Ghosts of Sicily: The True Story of the Naval Intelligence Agents Who Courted the Mob to Fight Nazis in America and the Battlefields of Italy
by Mark Harmon
- List rank#2
- Price$18.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews303
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore
- List rank#3
- Price$20.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,084
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews7,975
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The Battle of Hurtgen Forest (The Fall of Nazi Germany — The Final Campaigns of WWII Book 3)
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews792
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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
by Mark Owen
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews15,103
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The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander
by Pete Blaber
- List rank#7
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,291
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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
by Tom Weiner
- List rank#8
- Price$15.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,495
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Ortiz’s War: The Allies' Secret Weapon Against the Nazis in France
- List rank#9
- Price$21.79
- Rating4.8
- Reviews170
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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
by Mark Harmon
- List rank#10
- Price$9.04
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,430
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Veterans
FAQ
Is Veterans a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,126 reviews and sells for $15.25.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Veterans?
The median best seller has 1,126 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Veterans best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.25; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.94 and $20.83.
Can new books break into Veterans?
7% 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.