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Asian (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › World Literature, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Asian (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › World Literature, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $34.95, median 8 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $23.43 – $53.71 |
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| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category World Literature (54), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $34.95 its median price beats 91% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Asian best sellers
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The Recognition of Sakuntala: A Play In Seven Acts (Oxford World's Classics)
by Kalidasa
- List rank#2
- Price$10.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews72
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Ornamentalism
by Cheng
- List rank#3
- Price$26.03
- Rating4.9
- Reviews29
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Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India (Oxford World's Classics)
by Henry Yule
- List rank#4
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews107
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Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader
by Naiying Yuan
- List rank#6
- Price$79.05
- Rating5.0
- Reviews6
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Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei (New Studies in Asian Culture)
by Yuan Mei
- List rank#7
- Price$61.59
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
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Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States |v X)
by James T. Patterson
- List rank#8
- Price$26.43
- Rating4.6
- Reviews256
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Deleuze's Hume: Philosophy, Culture and the Scottish Enlightenment
by Jeffrey A. Bell
- List rank#9
- Price$33.95
- Reviews-
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Chinese Through Poetry: An introduction to the language and imagery of traditional verse.
by Archie Barnes
- List rank#10
- Price$29
- Rating4.8
- Reviews57
FAQ
Is Asian a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 8 reviews and sells for $34.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian?
The median best seller has 8 reviews, and 95% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian best sellers cost?
The median price is $34.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $23.43 and $53.71.
Can new books break into Asian?
1% 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.