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Central & South America (Travel, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Central & South America (Travel, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 104 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).

29Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
104Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$5.37 – $13.45
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)4%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Travel (1,602), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $5.37 to $13.45, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Central & South America best sellers

  1. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland book cover by Jim DeFede

    The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    by Jim DeFede

    • List rank#1
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews15,756

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  2. Learn Spanish Fast for Adult Beginners: 8-in-1 Workbook: From Beginner to Advanced: 15-Min book cover by Speak Abroad Academy

    Learn Spanish Fast for Adult Beginners: 8-in-1 Workbook: From Beginner to Advanced: 15-Minute Daily Lessons, Short Stories, Plus a Rich Vocabulary Collection (Easy Spanish Book 4)

    by Speak Abroad Academy

    • List rank#2
    • Price$9.97
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,853

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  3. The Encyclopedia of Mexican Food: 350 Recipes from the Beloved Cuisine (Encyclopedia Cookb book cover by The Coastal Kitchen

    The Encyclopedia of Mexican Food: 350 Recipes from the Beloved Cuisine (Encyclopedia Cookbooks)

    by The Coastal Kitchen

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews11

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  4. Speak Spanish Like Crazy: The 100-Hour Spanish Fluency System: The Complete Beginner-to-Ad book cover by Patrick Jackson JD

    Speak Spanish Like Crazy: The 100-Hour Spanish Fluency System: The Complete Beginner-to-Advanced Learn Spanish Course with Real Conversations, Short Stories, Grammar and Native Latin American Audio

    by Patrick Jackson JD

    • List rank#4
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews9

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  5. Mexican Spanish for Real: Learn the Real Slang, Street Spanish & Cultural Codes Mexicans A book cover by Beto Salinas

    Mexican Spanish for Real: Learn the Real Slang, Street Spanish & Cultural Codes Mexicans Actually Use—Even If You Failed Spanish Class

    by Beto Salinas

    • List rank#5
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews150

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  6. Learn Spanish: Grammar Workbook for Adult Beginners: Master Spanish in No Time with 15-Min book cover by Speak Abroad Academy

    Learn Spanish: Grammar Workbook for Adult Beginners: Master Spanish in No Time with 15-Minute Daily Lessons, Practical Exercises, and Essential Grammar Rules to Live By (Easy Spanish 1)

    by Speak Abroad Academy

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews987

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  7. Dirty Spanish: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang) book cover by Juan Caballero

    Dirty Spanish: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang)

    by Juan Caballero

    • List rank#7
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews143

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  8. Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival book cover by Yossi Ghinsberg

    Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival

    by Yossi Ghinsberg

    • List rank#8
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews3,283

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  9. BAD KARMA: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell book cover by Paul  Wilson

    BAD KARMA: The True Story of a Mexico Trip from Hell

    by Paul Wilson

    • List rank#9
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews6,831

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  10. Lonely Planet Costa Rica (Travel Guide) book cover by Elizabeth Lavis

    Lonely Planet Costa Rica (Travel Guide)

    by Elizabeth Lavis

    • List rank#10
    • Price$19.76
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews39

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Central America

FAQ

Is Central & South America a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 104 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Central & South America?

The median best seller has 104 reviews, and 50% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Central & South America best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $5.37 and $13.45.

Can new books break into Central & South America?

4% 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.