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Indigenous (World Literature, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Indigenous (World Literature, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $12.89, median 3,942 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).

32Opportunity / 100
$12.89Median price
3,942Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$8.06 – $14.99
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)7%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 96% of Books categories: the median best seller has 3,942 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Indigenous best sellers

  1. People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruth book cover by Tony Hillerman

    People of Darkness: A Gripping Southwest Mystery Where a Navajo Detective Confronts a Ruthless Assassin (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Book 4)

    by Tony Hillerman

    • List rank#1
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews5,057

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  2. Sacred Ground: A Novel book cover by Mercedes Lackey

    Sacred Ground: A Novel

    by Mercedes Lackey

    • List rank#2
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews536

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  3. The Only Good Indians book cover by Stephen Graham Jones

    The Only Good Indians

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    • List rank#3
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews10,190

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  4. Off the Reservation book cover by Stephen Graham Jones

    Off the Reservation

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    • List rank#4
    • Price$18.29
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews56

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  5. Where the Lost Wander: A Novel book cover by Amy Harmon

    Where the Lost Wander: A Novel

    by Amy Harmon

    • List rank#5
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews45,756

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  6. Second Glance: A Novel book cover by Jodi Picoult

    Second Glance: A Novel

    by Jodi Picoult

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews5,039

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  7. The Berry Pickers book cover by Amanda Peters

    The Berry Pickers

    by Amanda Peters

    • List rank#7
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews54,165

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  8. A Grandmother Begins the Story: A Novel book cover by Michelle Porter

    A Grandmother Begins the Story: A Novel

    by Michelle Porter

    • List rank#8
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.0
    • Reviews151

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  9. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book cover by Shane Hawk — Editor

    Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    by Shane Hawk — Editor

    • List rank#9
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews2,700

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  10. Follow the Crow (Vanished, #1) book cover by B. B. Griffith

    Follow the Crow (Vanished, #1)

    by B. B. Griffith

    • List rank#10
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews11,460

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FAQ

Is Indigenous a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3,942 reviews and sells for $12.89.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Indigenous?

The median best seller has 3,942 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Indigenous best sellers cost?

The median price is $12.89; half of the best sellers are priced between $8.06 and $14.99.

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.