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Asia (History, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asia (History, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,177 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.21 – $14.03 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 89% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,177 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.21 to $14.03, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Asia best sellers
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To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews145
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,123
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,991
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
by Katherine Boo
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10,128
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The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews254
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China: A History
by John Keay
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,011
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The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton
by Marc Leepson
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews190
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The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Chuang Tzu, Mencius
by David Hinton
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews276
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Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967
by Doyle Glass
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,034
Subcategories
- Japan25
- Korea22
- Central Asia20
- China19
- Tibet19
- India19
- Pakistan18
- Afghanistan15
- Southeast15
Same niche in Books: Asia
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 1,177 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asia?
The median best seller has 1,177 reviews, and 9% 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 $3.21 and $14.03.
Can new books break into Asia?
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.