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Central (Asia, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Central (Asia, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 36 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Asia (196), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Central best sellers
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Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan
by Naomi Duguid
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews401
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The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart
- List rank#2
- Price$8.37
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,411
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Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road
by Kate Harris
- List rank#3
- Price$11.19
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,072
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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
by Stewart Weaver
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews86
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An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
by Jason Elliot
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews165
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Tbilisi: Crossroads of the Caucasus
by Hess Hess
- List rank#6
- Price-
- Reviews-
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Nomads & Nightingales: Misadventures with Mom (Banana Split Misfit Book 6)
by Tyke Fortier
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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To a Mountain in Tibet: A Haunting and Intimate Memoir of Pilgrimage, Loss, and the Journey to Mount Kailas
- List rank#8
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews435
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Mongolian Love Letters: Finding My Footing at the Edge of the World
by Rachael Lundin
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews19
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Uzbekistan
by Sophie Ibbotson
- List rank#10
- Price$23.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews42
FAQ
Is Central a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 36 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Central?
The median best seller has 36 reviews, and 70% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Central best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Central?
10% 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.