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Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.45, median 66 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.95 – $14.90 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Special Groups (1,474), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $11.45 its median price beats 92% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies 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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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,162
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,317
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
by Barbara Demick
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,508
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Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
by Jonathan Clements
- List rank#6
- Price$9.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews840
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
by Lisa See
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,660
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Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by Hua Hsu
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,730
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Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds
by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
- List rank#9
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,554
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History of Japan: Revised Edition
by Richard Mason
- List rank#10
- Price$9.39
- Rating4.3
- Reviews833
FAQ
Is Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 66 reviews and sells for $11.45.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies?
The median best seller has 66 reviews, and 55% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.45; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.95 and $14.90.
Can new books break into Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies?
5% 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.