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Western (Europe, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Western (Europe, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.27, median 910 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$8.27Median price
910Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $12.99
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)7%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 910 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Western best sellers

  1. A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible T book cover by David Fisher

    A Summer Bright and Terrible: Winston Churchill, Lord Dowding, Radar, and the Impossible Triumph of the Battle of Britain

    by David Fisher

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews72

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  2. Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England book cover by Kate Hubbard

    Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England

    by Kate Hubbard

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews80

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  3. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech book cover by Brian Merchant

    Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

    by Brian Merchant

    • List rank#3
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews293

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  4. Swan Song: Diana, my sister book cover by Charles Spencer

    Swan Song: Diana, my sister

    by Charles Spencer

    • List rank#4
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,271

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  5. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain book cover by Bill Bryson

    The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

    by Bill Bryson

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews19,847

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  6. The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America book cover by Edward Laxton

    The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America

    by Edward Laxton

    • List rank#6
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews291

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  7. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution book cover by Jeremy D.  Popkin

    A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

    by Jeremy D. Popkin

    • List rank#7
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews875

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  8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder book cover by David Grann

    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

    by David Grann

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews43,268

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  9. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland book cover by Patrick Radden Keefe

    Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

    by Patrick Radden Keefe

    • List rank#9
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews21,401

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  10. Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life book cover by Lucy Worsley

    Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life

    by Lucy Worsley

    • List rank#10
    • Price$17.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews274

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FAQ

Is Western a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 910 reviews and sells for $8.27.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Western?

The median best seller has 910 reviews, and 18% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Western best sellers cost?

The median price is $8.27; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.

Can new books break into Western?

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.