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Asia (Nonfiction › Travel, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asia (Nonfiction › Travel, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 196 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.49 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Travel (1,602), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.49 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Asia best sellers
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Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
by Jonathan Clements
- List rank#1
- Price$9.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews840
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,865
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,194
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Lonely Planet Japan (Travel Guide)
by Selena Takigawa Hoy
- List rank#4
- Price$20.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews23
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Journey Across Japan: The Sunday Times Bestseller - Adventures off the beaten path from the author of Abroad in Japan
by Chris Broad
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews79
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The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics)
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,226
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Learn Mandarin Chinese for Adult Beginners: 7 Books in 1: Speak Mandarin Chinese In 30 Days!
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews612
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Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan
by Naomi Duguid
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews401
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Japan Travel Guide: Things I Wish I'D Known Before Going to Japan (2026 Book 1)
by Ken Fukuyama
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews775
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Speak Japanese in 90 Days: A Self Study Guide to Becoming Fluent
by Kevin Marx
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,025
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Asia
FAQ
Is Asia a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 196 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asia?
The median best seller has 196 reviews, and 32% 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 $5.49 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Asia?
12% 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.