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Chinese (Poetry, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Chinese (Poetry, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 26 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Poetry (1,350), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
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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Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain
by James P. Lenfestey
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews19
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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#4
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,496
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Shijing, Book of Odes: Bilingual Edition, English and Chinese 詩經: Classic of Poetry, Book of Songs
by Confucius 孔子
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews27
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The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems
by Arthur Sze
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews40
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Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind
by Seng-ts'an
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews490
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America)
by Chen Chen
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews257
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Zen Poems of China and Japan: The Crane's Bill
by Lucien Stryk
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews35
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In a Cup of Tea : Tea Poems in English and Chinese
by Simon Chiatante
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews6
FAQ
Is Chinese a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 26 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Chinese?
The median best seller has 26 reviews, and 81% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Chinese best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Chinese?
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.