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Australia & New Zealand (Australia & Oceania, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Australia & New Zealand (Australia & Oceania, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17.73, median 178 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.34 – $29.08 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.34 to $29.08, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Australia & New Zealand best sellers
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Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
by Joan Druett
- List rank#1
- Price$12.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,993
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Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds
- List rank#2
- Price$25.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews963
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The Fatal Shore: The epic of Australia's founding
by Robert Hughes
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,570
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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
by Timothy Egan
- List rank#4
- Price$11.01
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,502
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Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
by Mike Dash
- List rank#5
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews962
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The Race to the Top of the World
- List rank#6
- Price-
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The History of Australia: World History
- List rank#7
- Price$10.07
- Reviews-
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
by Christina Thompson
- List rank#8
- Price$15.17
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,012
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James Cook: The story behind the man who mapped the world
- List rank#9
- Price$25.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews537
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The Penguin History of New Zealand
by Michael King
- List rank#10
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews565
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Australia & New Zealand
FAQ
Is Australia & New Zealand 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 $17.73.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Australia & New Zealand?
The median best seller has 178 reviews, and 40% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Australia & New Zealand best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.73; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.34 and $29.08.
Can new books break into Australia & New Zealand?
9% 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.