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Weapons & Warfare (Military, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Weapons & Warfare (Military, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.19, median 570 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 106 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 570 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Weapons & Warfare best sellers
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,091
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Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
by Priya Satia
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews70
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Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
by Adam Makos
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,610
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CITADEL The Battle of Kursk 1943: the greatest tank battle of the Second World War (Robin Cross World War Two Histories)
by Robin Cross
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews164
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White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
by Susan Williams
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews451
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Jackie's Back: An American Tank Crew in World War II Italy (The Iron Cavalry Series Book 1)
by Richard Hendrix
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews94
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition
by Richard Rhodes
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,188
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The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,921
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The Day of the Typhoon: Flying with the Royal Air Force Tankbusters in Normandy (Untold Stories of WWII Aerial Warfare Book 2)
by John Golley
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews552
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Weapons & Warfare
FAQ
Is Weapons & Warfare a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 570 reviews and sells for $7.19.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Weapons & Warfare?
The median best seller has 570 reviews, and 25% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Weapons & Warfare best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.19; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.24.
Can new books break into Weapons & Warfare?
8% 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.