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African (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for African (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.68, median 24 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.88 – $26.79 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Regional & Cultural (1,239), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 70% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 24 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 African best sellers
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by Stephen Mitchell - translator
- List rank#1
- Price$9.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,768
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Heart Of Darkness: The Original 1899 Edition (A Joseph Conrad Classic Novel)
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,203
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The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave
by Willie Lynch
- List rank#3
- Price$3.63
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,727
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The Souls of Black Folk
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,429
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Arabian Love Poems: Full Arabic and English Texts (Three Continents Press)
by Nizar Kabbani
- List rank#5
- Price$26.50
- Rating4.7
- Reviews321
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Heart of Darkness: The Restored Text (Annotated)
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews107
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The Pillow Book
by Sei Shōnagon
- List rank#7
- Price$14.43
- Rating4.5
- Reviews565
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
- List rank#8
- Price$24.41
- Rating4.8
- Reviews413
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Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth A Novel
by Naguib Mahfouz
- List rank#9
- Price$16
- Rating4.2
- Reviews278
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In the Presence of Absence
by Mahmoud Darwish
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews234
FAQ
Is African a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 24 reviews and sells for $19.68.
How many reviews do you need to rank in African?
The median best seller has 24 reviews, and 83% of them have fewer than 100.
What do African best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.68; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.88 and $26.79.
Can new books break into African?
3% 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.