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Australian & Oceanian (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Australian & Oceanian (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 1,248 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).

22Opportunity / 100
$7.99Median price
1,248Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.99 – $11.99
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)6%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Historical Fiction (13,730), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,248 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Australian & Oceanian best sellers

  1. The Castle in the Glen: A Novel book cover by Rhys Bowen

    The Castle in the Glen: A Novel

    by Rhys Bowen

    • List rank#1
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews13,964

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  2. The Pearl Sister: Book Four (The Seven Sisters 4) book cover by Lucinda Riley

    The Pearl Sister: Book Four (The Seven Sisters 4)

    by Lucinda Riley

    • List rank#2
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews45,592

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  3. The Fuzzy-Wuzzy Man (The Duty and Destiny Series Book 3) book cover by Andrew Wareham

    The Fuzzy-Wuzzy Man (The Duty and Destiny Series Book 3)

    by Andrew Wareham

    • List rank#3
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews147

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  4. The Thorn Birds: A Beloved Epic Romance and Family Saga of Forbidden Love in the Australia book cover by Colleen McCullough

    The Thorn Birds: A Beloved Epic Romance and Family Saga of Forbidden Love in the Australian Outback

    by Colleen McCullough

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews17,026

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  5. A Far-flung Life: A Novel book cover by M.L. Stedman

    A Far-flung Life: A Novel

    by M.L. Stedman

    • List rank#5
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews8,728

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  6. The Sirens: A Novel book cover by Emilia Hart

    The Sirens: A Novel

    by Emilia Hart

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews9,574

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  7. Sisters of the Southern Cross book cover by Jean Grainger

    Sisters of the Southern Cross

    by Jean Grainger

    • List rank#7
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews7,308

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  8. The Consequence of Anna: Inspired by a True Story of Secrets, Lies, Love, and Madness in t book cover by Kate Birkin

    The Consequence of Anna: Inspired by a True Story of Secrets, Lies, Love, and Madness in the 1930s Australian Outback

    by Kate Birkin

    • List rank#8
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews16,013

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  9. The Light Between Oceans: A Novel book cover by M.L. Stedman

    The Light Between Oceans: A Novel

    by M.L. Stedman

    • List rank#9
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews89,403

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  10. People of the Book: A Novel book cover by Geraldine Brooks

    People of the Book: A Novel

    by Geraldine Brooks

    • List rank#10
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews11,943

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FAQ

Is Australian & Oceanian a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,248 reviews and sells for $7.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Australian & Oceanian?

The median best seller has 1,248 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Australian & Oceanian best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.99.

Can new books break into Australian & Oceanian?

6% 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.