Historical Fiction — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Literature & Fiction best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 3.5/100.
Category metrics
Score
3.5
Median reviews
15,668.5
Weak share (top 20)
5%
Median price
$5.49
Median star rating
4.5
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
Historical Fiction is heavily defended: incumbents are deep-reviewed and the top 20 rarely cracks. New releases can still chart with ads or a launch push, but expect to climb over established authors rather than around them. Ease-of-entry score 3.5/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | The Wedding Eve Murders: A Homefront Sleuths Mystery (The Homefront Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series Book 12) | 4.9 | 66 | $4.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| club pick | 4 | 123 |
| bestselling author | 2 | 90 |
| new york times bestselling | 2 | 80 |
| historical regency romance | 4 | 62 |
| frozen river | 2 | 59 |
| gma book club pick | 2 | 58 |
| lost bookshop | 2 | 53 |
| historical fiction | 2 | 48 |
| lady historical regency romance | 2 | 34 |
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29 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 58.5 | 244 |
| █████ | 54.0 | 715 |
| █████ | 53.0 | 2033 |
| █████ | 51.5 | 308 |
| █████ | 44.5 | 919.5 |
| █████ | 40.0 | 899 |
| █████ | 40.0 | 959 |
| █████ | 37.0 | 2329 |
| █████ | 36.0 | 1586.5 |
| █████ | 35.0 | 4306.5 |
| █████ | 33.5 | 3127 |
| █████ | 33.5 | 1606 |
| █████ | 12.0 | 1426.5 |
| █████ | 8.5 | 1223.5 |
| █████ | 7.0 | 3063.5 |
| █████ | 7.0 | 2933 |
| █████ | 6.0 | 16136.5 |
| █████ | 5.0 | 2986.5 |
| █████ | 3.5 | 1789.5 |
| █████ | 3.5 | 4651 |
| █████ | 2.5 | 8050 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 9291 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 5774 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 4346 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 3102 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 4391.5 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 2427 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 16342.5 |
| █████ | 0.0 | 20260 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.