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Asian American (United States, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian American (United States, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.99, median 1 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.89 – $29.95 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 91 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category United States (130), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 98% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 1 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $19.99 its median price beats 99% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
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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Writer in Exile/Writer in Revolt: Critical Perspectives on Carlos Bulosan
by Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao
- List rank#2
- Price$45.89
- Reviews-
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We Radiant Things: Notes on Being Alien and Becoming Cyborg
by Franny Choi
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Study Guide for Book Clubs: Pachinko (Study Guides for Book Clubs)
by Kathryn Cope
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews16
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To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Book 40)
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- List rank#5
- Price$13.51
- Rating4.2
- Reviews27
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Racial Beings: Experiments in Asian American New Materialisms
by Michelle N. Huang
- List rank#6
- Price$16.17
- Reviews-
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Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics
by Lisa Lowe
- List rank#7
- Price$20.27
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26
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The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving (Illustrated Edition): Enriched edition. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, Old Christmas, The Voyage, Roscoe, The Widow's Retinue
by Washington Irving
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating1.0
- Reviews1
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Camp Notes and Other Writings
by Mitsuye Yamada
- List rank#9
- Price$18.95
- Rating4.1
- Reviews33
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Ingratitude: The Debt-Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature
by erin Khuê Ninh
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews7
FAQ
Is Asian American a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1 reviews and sells for $19.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian American?
The median best seller has 1 reviews, and 98% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian American best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.89 and $29.95.
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.