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China (Biographies & Memoirs › Asia, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for China (Biographies & Memoirs › Asia, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.99, median 256 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.70 – $18.88 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Asia (2,216), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 China best sellers
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford
- List rank#1
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews9,363
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
- List rank#2
- Price$11.46
- Rating4.4
- Reviews11,098
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The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- List rank#3
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,317
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Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
by Helen Zia
- List rank#4
- Price$12.81
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,294
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Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
by Yang Erche Namu
- List rank#5
- Price$12.61
- Rating4.3
- Reviews225
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China Marine: An Infantryman's Life After World War II
by E. B. Sledge
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,130
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Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer
- List rank#7
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,892
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
by Ezra F. Vogel
- List rank#8
- Price$25.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews667
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Mao: The Unknown Story
by Jung Chang
- List rank#9
- Price$25.79
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,721
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Kissinger: A Biography
- List rank#10
- Price$11.35
- Rating4.4
- Reviews848
FAQ
Is China a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 256 reviews and sells for $13.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in China?
The median best seller has 256 reviews, and 24% of them have fewer than 100.
What do China best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.70 and $18.88.
Can new books break into China?
7% 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.