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Asian American (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › United States, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Asian American (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural › United States, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $30.03, median 3 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $21.00 – $36.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category United States (460), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 3 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 89% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Asian American best sellers
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Ornamentalism
by Anne Anlin Cheng
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews29
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We Radiant Things: Notes on Being Alien and Becoming Cyborg
by Franny Choi
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- List rank#3
- Price$13.79
- Rating4.2
- Reviews27
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Perceval: The Story of the Grail
by Chrétien de Troyes
- List rank#4
- Price$20.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews57
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Circle K Cycles
by Karen Tei Yamashita
- List rank#5
- Price$15.39
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6
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Writing on Water: Cold War Literary Translations and the Chinese Diaspora (Asian America)
by L. Maria Bo
- List rank#6
- Price$30
- Reviews-
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Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim: Creating Countercultural Community (Contemp North American Poetry)
by Timothy Gray
- List rank#7
- Price-
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience
by Lawson Fusao Inada
- List rank#8
- Price$15.19
- Rating4.5
- Reviews121
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Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. Revised and Updated with four new stories.
by Hisaye Yamamoto
- List rank#9
- Price$18.35
- Rating4.5
- Reviews46
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Go Home!
by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
FAQ
Is Asian American a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3 reviews and sells for $30.03.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian American?
The median best seller has 3 reviews, and 98% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian American best sellers cost?
The median price is $30.03; half of the best sellers are priced between $21.00 and $36.95.
Can new books break into Asian American?
2% 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.