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Asian & Asian Descent: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Asian & Asian Descent, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.22, median 178 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.98 – $22.15 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Cultural & Ethnic Studies (4,085), 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 & Asian Descent best sellers
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Appetites: A Cookbook
- List rank#1
- Price$24.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,064
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
- List rank#2
- Price$17
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,162
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- List rank#3
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,317
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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
by Erika Lee
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews293
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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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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Wild Story of Friendship, War, and One Man’s Unbelievable Mission to Vietnam
by John "Chick" Donohue
- List rank#7
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,063
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The Japanese Way of Parenting: And What It Taught Me About Raising (Mostly) Calm, Caring, Capable Kids
by Lisa Katayama
- List rank#8
- Price$17.81
- Rating4.1
- Reviews22
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Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage Books)
by Hua Hsu
- List rank#9
- Price$11.98
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,730
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
- List rank#10
- Price$11.46
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,098
Subcategories
FAQ
Is Asian & Asian Descent a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 178 reviews and sells for $16.22.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Asian & Asian Descent?
The median best seller has 178 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Asian & Asian Descent best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.22; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.98 and $22.15.
Can new books break into Asian & Asian Descent?
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.