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Indic: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Indic, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 4 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $24.58 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 1% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Asian (32), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 1% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 97% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 4 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Indic best sellers
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The God Of Small Things: A Novels Of Social Commitment
by Amitabh Roy
- List rank#1
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews19,065
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Narratology and Ideology: Negotiating Context, Form, and Theory in Postcolonial Narratives (THEORY INTERPRETATION NARRATIV)
by Divya Dwivedi
- List rank#2
- Price$23.79
- Reviews-
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Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities
by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews51
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A History of Indian Philosophy Vol. I
by S. N. Dasgupta
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2
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Chokher Bali (Aank Ki Kirkiri)- HINDI (Hindi Edition)
by Rabindranath Tagore
- List rank#5
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews773
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Gaban (Hindi) (Hindi Edition)
by Munshi Premchand
- List rank#6
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews684
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Bahurani (Hindi) (Hindi Edition)
by Rabindranath Tagore
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews603
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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide (BrightSummaries.com)
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews18
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The Bhagavad Gita: A Norton Critical Edition (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
by Gavin Flood
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews32
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Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories
by Romila Thapar
- List rank#10
- Price$18.35
- Rating4.2
- Reviews23
FAQ
Is Indic a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 4 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Indic?
The median best seller has 4 reviews, and 87% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Indic best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $24.58.
Can new books break into Indic?
1% 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.