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Asian (Poetry, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian (Poetry, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $10.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Poetry (1,350), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $10.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Asian best sellers
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The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Chuang Tzu, Mencius
by David Hinton
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews276
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The Poet Empress: The instant Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick perfect for fans of R.F. Kuang and Madeline Miller
by Shen Tao
- List rank#3
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,496
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The Complete Confucius: The Analects, The Doctrine Of The Mean, and The Great Learning
by Confucius
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews745
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A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings
by Soiku Shigematsu
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews20
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Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain
by James P. Lenfestey
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews19
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The Way of Chuang Tzu
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews834
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Shijing, Book of Odes: Bilingual Edition, English and Chinese 詩經: Classic of Poetry, Book of Songs
by Confucius 孔子
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews27
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The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
by R. K. Narayan
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews162
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Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
by Yoel Hoffmann
- List rank#10
- Price$8.54
- Rating4.7
- Reviews828
FAQ
Is Asian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 66% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $10.99.
Can new books break into Asian?
6% 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.