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Asian & Asian American (Cultural & Regional, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Asian & Asian American (Cultural & Regional, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.81, median 166 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $5.99 – $14.11 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 15% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Cultural & Regional (2,004), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $10.81 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- 15% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Asian & Asian American best sellers
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In Through the Window: On Forging Your Own Path to Success
by Lintao (LT) Lu
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews102
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
by Michelle Zauner
- List rank#2
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews32,468
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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
by Stephanie Foo
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,006
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Never Say Die: A Memoir
by Ke Huy Quan
- List rank#4
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews162
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
by Zhuqing Li
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews653
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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#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,508
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Autobiography of a Yogi
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,225
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
by Helen Zia
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,294
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Because They Were Here: A memoir of immigration, heritage, and legacy
by Jackie Fung
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews9
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On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
by Lisa See
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,660
FAQ
Is Asian & Asian American a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 166 reviews and sells for $10.81.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian & Asian American?
The median best seller has 166 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian & Asian American best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.81; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.99 and $14.11.
Can new books break into Asian & Asian American?
15% 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.