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Asian American & Pacific Islander (Literature & Fiction › United States, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian American & Pacific Islander (Literature & Fiction › United States, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $8.99, median 4,320 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 4,320 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Books scores 32, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Asian American & Pacific Islander best sellers
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The Eyes Are the Best Part
by Monika Kim
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews9,442
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Yellowface: A Chilling Novel of Racism and Cultural Appropriation from the author of Katabasis
by R. F. Kuang
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews72,950
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A Little Life: A Novel
by Hanya Yanagihara
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews91,842
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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Horror Mystery of a Chinese American Crime Scene Cleaner, Serial Killers and Hungry Ghosts
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews6,307
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Read Between the Lies: A Novel
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews10,537
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The Phoenix Crown: An NPR Best Book of the Year
by Kate Quinn
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews10,948
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Same niche in Books: Asian American & Pacific Islander
FAQ
Is Asian American & Pacific Islander a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4,320 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian American & Pacific Islander?
The median best seller has 4,320 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian American & Pacific Islander best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Asian American & Pacific Islander?
10% 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.