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African & Middle Eastern: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for African & Middle Eastern, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $37.94, median 5 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $25.58 – $51.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category World Literature (54), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 90% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 5 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 African & Middle Eastern best sellers
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Rebirth: Poems (English and Persian Edition)
by Foroogh Farrokhzaad
- List rank#1
- Price$10
- Rating4.3
- Reviews39
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Sunjata: A New Prose Version
by David Conrad
- List rank#2
- Price$17
- Rating4.2
- Reviews92
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Oxford World's Classics)
by Edward FitzGerald
- List rank#3
- Price$10.21
- Rating4.4
- Reviews242
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The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African American Literary Criticism
by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- List rank#4
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews104
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The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East)
by Adam E. Miglio
- List rank#5
- Price$34.25
- Rating5.0
- Reviews7
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Kalila and Dimna
by Nasrullah Munshi
- List rank#6
- Price$18
- Rating4.6
- Reviews57
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Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the Narrative Imagination
by Megan Cole Paustian
- List rank#7
- Price$39
- Reviews-
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Ancient Egyptian Literature (World Literature in Translation)
by Miriam Lichtheim
- List rank#8
- Price$33.27
- Rating4.9
- Reviews39
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The Psalms (Essentials of Biblical Studies)
by Bodner
- List rank#9
- Price$26.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews6
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Wolfhart Heinrichs' Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature (Variorum Collected Studies)
by Hinrich Biesterfeldt
- List rank#10
- Price$64.99
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is African & Middle Eastern a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 5 reviews and sells for $37.94.
How many reviews do you need to rank in African & Middle Eastern?
The median best seller has 5 reviews, and 97% of them have fewer than 100.
What do African & Middle Eastern best sellers cost?
The median price is $37.94; half of the best sellers are priced between $25.58 and $51.99.
Can new books break into African & Middle Eastern?
2% 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.