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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).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
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
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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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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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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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Swan Song: Diana, my sister
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,271
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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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The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America
by Edward Laxton
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews291
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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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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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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21,401
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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
by Lucy Worsley
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews274
Subcategories
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.