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Australian & Oceanian Studies: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Australian & Oceanian Studies, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $29.45, median 3 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $19.68 – $44.33 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Cultural & Ethnic Studies (4,085), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 3 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $29.45 its median price beats 88% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Australian & Oceanian Studies best sellers
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
by Christina Thompson
- List rank#1
- Price$15.17
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,012
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Right Story, Wrong Story: How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell
by Tyson Yunkaporta
- List rank#2
- Price$22.79
- Rating4.4
- Reviews9
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Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy, Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth
by Mike Pitts
- List rank#3
- Price$17.44
- Rating4.0
- Reviews98
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Lost in Shangri-La
by Mitchell Zuckoff
- List rank#4
- Price$11.37
- Rating4.3
- Reviews6,665
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The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, and Mutiny in the South Pacific
by Brandon Presser
- List rank#5
- Price$11.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews344
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Pacific Diaspora: Island Peoples in the United States and Across the Pacific
by Paul Spickard
- List rank#6
- Price$29
- Rating4.3
- Reviews6
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The Last Navigator: Revised Edition
by Steve Thomas
- List rank#7
- Price$19.93
- Rating4.9
- Reviews20
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Reawakened: Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
by Jeff Evans
- List rank#8
- Price$38.08
- Rating4.2
- Reviews5
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Sensing Disaster: Local Knowledge and Vulnerability in Oceania
by Dr. Matthew Lauer
- List rank#9
- Price$20.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Living Genealogies: Embodiment and Colonialism in the Creation of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
by Susan Y. Najita
- List rank#10
- Price$29.95
- Reviews-
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FAQ
Is Australian & Oceanian Studies a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3 reviews and sells for $29.45.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Australian & Oceanian Studies?
The median best seller has 3 reviews, and 89% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Australian & Oceanian Studies best sellers cost?
The median price is $29.45; half of the best sellers are priced between $19.68 and $44.33.
Can new books break into Australian & Oceanian Studies?
8% 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.