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Indigenous (Cultural & Regional, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Indigenous (Cultural & Regional, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.51, median 268 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $11.01 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Cultural & Regional (2,004), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 72% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 268 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $11.01, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Indigenous best sellers
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This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
by Craig Fehrman
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews509
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
by Chester Nez
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,850
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Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
by Mary Annette Pember
- List rank#3
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews258
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Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
- List rank#4
- Price$11.03
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,977
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A Voice Like Mine: A Memoir
by Deb Haaland
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews34
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S. C. Gwynne
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews21,988
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We Will Be Jaguars (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Memoir of My People
by Nemonte Nenquimo
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,021
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia — A Narrative of the South Seas and Polynesia
by Christina Thompson
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,012
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Tecumseh: A Life from Beginning to End (Native American History)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews83
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FAQ
Is Indigenous a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 268 reviews and sells for $8.51.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Indigenous?
The median best seller has 268 reviews, and 30% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Indigenous best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.51; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.01.
Can new books break into Indigenous?
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.