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Asian American (Social & Cultural, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian American (Social & Cultural, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.99, median 51 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.99 – $16.42 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Social & Cultural (947), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $12.99 its median price beats 96% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Asian American best sellers
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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
by Erika Lee
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews293
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
- List rank#3
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,964
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
by Lisa See
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,660
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Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds
by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,554
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Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California
by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon
- List rank#6
- Price$18.12
- Rating4.8
- Reviews54
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Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
by Michael Luo
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews221
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WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
by Frank Abe
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews146
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John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law
by Beth Lew-Williams
- List rank#9
- Price$19.25
- Rating5.0
- Reviews4
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Born to Kill: The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang
- List rank#10
- Price$11.62
- Rating4.5
- Reviews209
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FAQ
Is Asian American a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 51 reviews and sells for $12.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian American?
The median best seller has 51 reviews, and 68% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian American best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.99 and $16.42.
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.