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Chinese (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Regional & Cultural › Asian, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Chinese (Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Regional & Cultural › Asian, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.49, median 41 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.91 – $19.81 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 30% of the parent category Asian (136), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Chinese best sellers
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The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Chuang Tzu, Mencius
by David Hinton
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews276
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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
by Lao Tzu
- List rank#3
- Price$16.68
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,759
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A Book Of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry ― An Anthology of 300 Poems From Around the World
by Czeslaw Milosz
- List rank#5
- Price$11.08
- Rating4.5
- Reviews404
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West: A Translation
by Paisley Rekdal
- List rank#6
- Price$30.66
- Rating4.8
- Reviews16
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Little Bun: A Bilingual Storybook about Feelings (written in English, Simplified Chinese and Pinyin)
by Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett
- List rank#7
- Price$11.35
- Rating4.4
- Reviews113
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The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry
by Arthur Waley
- List rank#8
- Price$11.20
- Rating4.6
- Reviews141
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Little Tudi™ – My Family | English–Chinese Bilingual Book for Babies & Toddlers (0–3) | First Mandarin Words with Pinyin: Early Language Learning with ... Books Collection for Kids and Toddlers)
by The Happy Shifus
- List rank#9
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6
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The Poet Empress: The instant Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick perfect for fans of R.F. Kuang and Madeline Miller
by Shen Tao
- List rank#10
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,496
FAQ
Is Chinese a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 41 reviews and sells for $16.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Chinese?
The median best seller has 41 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Chinese best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.91 and $19.81.
Can new books break into Chinese?
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.