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Asia (Historical, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asia (Historical, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 278 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $12.17 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Historical (2,070), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 278 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Asia best sellers
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The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews254
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford
- List rank#2
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,363
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WAR
- List rank#3
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,859
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
- List rank#4
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,098
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Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Ground Soldier's Fifty-Year Career Hunting America's Enemies
by Billy Waugh
- List rank#5
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,347
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- List rank#6
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,194
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Alexander the Great
- List rank#7
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,719
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The Porcelain Maker's Daughter: A Historical Fiction Novel
by Qiang Yu
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews206
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Mother Teresa: An Authorized Biography
by Kathryn Spink
- List rank#9
- Price$11.63
- Rating4.5
- Reviews843
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The Jesus Family: Jing Dianying and the Revival That Shaped Modern China
by Eugene Bach
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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FAQ
Is Asia a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 278 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asia?
The median best seller has 278 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asia best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $12.17.
Can new books break into Asia?
4% 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.