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Asian American Studies: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Asian American Studies, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.09, median 71 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).

33Opportunity / 100
$18.09Median price
71Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$11.98 – $26.09
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)5%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 40% of the parent category Asian & Asian Descent (178), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 75% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Asian American Studies best sellers

  1. Appetites: A Cookbook book cover by Anthony Bourdain

    Appetites: A Cookbook

    by Anthony Bourdain

    • List rank#1
    • Price$24.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews5,064

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  2. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea book cover by Barbara Demick

    Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

    by Barbara Demick

    • List rank#2
    • Price$17
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews12,162

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  3. The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream book cover by Patrick Radden Keefe

    The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

    by Patrick Radden Keefe

    • List rank#3
    • Price$15.69
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,317

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  4. The Making of Asian America: A History book cover by Erika Lee

    The Making of Asian America: A History

    by Erika Lee

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews554

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  5. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States book cover by Erika Lee

    America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States

    by Erika Lee

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews293

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  6. Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage Books) book cover by Hua Hsu

    Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage Books)

    by Hua Hsu

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.98
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews2,730

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  7. Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, book cover by Barbara Demick

    Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

    by Barbara Demick

    • List rank#7
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,508

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  8. A History of Japan: Revised Edition book cover by R. H. P. Mason

    A History of Japan: Revised Edition

    by R. H. P. Mason

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.88
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews833

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  9. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother book cover by Amy Chua

    Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

    by Amy Chua

    • List rank#9
    • Price$13.69
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews3,706

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  10. Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of th book cover by Jonathan Clements

    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#10
    • Price$9.59
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews840

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FAQ

Is Asian American Studies a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 71 reviews and sells for $18.09.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian American Studies?

The median best seller has 71 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Asian American Studies best sellers cost?

The median price is $18.09; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.98 and $26.09.

Can new books break into Asian American 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.