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Asian (Regions, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian (Regions, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 32 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Regions (383), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Asian best sellers
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The God Of Small Things: A Novels Of Social Commitment
by Amitabh Roy
- List rank#1
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews19,065
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Short Stories for Japanese Learners (Level 1, Volume 1): Learn Japanese with an Authentic and Fun Short Story Collection for Beginners! (You Can Read Japanese!)
by Japanese Language Park
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews469
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The Complete Confucius: The Analects, The Doctrine Of The Mean, and The Great Learning
by Confucius
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews745
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50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,555
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The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction
by M.A. Orthofer
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews10
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Zhuangzi: Basic Writings (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Zhuangzi
- List rank#6
- Price$15.39
- Rating4.6
- Reviews126
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Short Stories for Japanese Learners (Level 2, Tanabata): Beginner-Friendly Fun and Engaging Stories to Expand Your Vocabulary and Kanji Knowledge! (You Can Read Japanese!)
by Japanese Language Park
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews152
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The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays (New York Review Books Classics)
by Simon Leys
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews98
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Japanese Short Stories for Language Learners: A Fun and Easy Way to Grow your Vocabulary! (Bonus Audio)
by Takumi Nonaka
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews35
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Ornamentalism
by Anne Anlin Cheng
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews29
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FAQ
Is Asian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 32 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian?
The median best seller has 32 reviews, and 69% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Asian?
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.