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India (History › Asia, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for India (History › Asia, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 190 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 16% of the parent category Asia (1,177), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 29, 10 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 India best sellers
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
by Katherine Boo
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10,128
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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha
- List rank#2
- Price$16.13
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,151
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Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
- List rank#3
- Price$11.39
- Rating4.2
- Reviews717
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India: A History
by John Keay
- List rank#4
- Price$11.54
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,375
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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
- List rank#5
- Price$12.06
- Rating4.4
- Reviews9,329
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- List rank#6
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,194
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The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
- List rank#7
- Price$14.43
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,079
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The Partition of India: A History from Beginning to End (History of India)
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews256
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The British in India: A Social History of the Raj
by David Gilmour
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews130
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Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires
by David Chaffetz
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews147
Same niche in Books: India
FAQ
Is India a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 190 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in India?
The median best seller has 190 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do India best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into India?
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.