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Indigenous (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Indigenous (Literature & Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.71, median 2,712 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).

27Opportunity / 100
$9.71Median price
2,712Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.99 – $13.62
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)12%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (30,138), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 2,712 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $13.62, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

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. Second Glance: A Novel book cover by Jodi Picoult

    Second Glance: A Novel

    by Jodi Picoult

    • List rank#3
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews5,039

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

    Where the Lost Wander: A Novel

    by Amy Harmon

    • List rank#4
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews45,756

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  5. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter book cover by Stephen Graham Jones

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    • List rank#5
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews5,563

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

    Follow the Crow (Vanished, #1)

    by B. B. Griffith

    • List rank#6
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews11,460

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  7. The Ways We Converge (The Wayfinding Series Book 1) book cover by Collins Fox

    The Ways We Converge (The Wayfinding Series Book 1)

    by Collins Fox

    • List rank#7
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews50

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  8. Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories book cover by Amanda Peters

    Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories

    by Amanda Peters

    • List rank#8
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews139

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  9. The Only Good Indians: A Novel book cover by Stephen Graham Jones

    The Only Good Indians: A Novel

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    • List rank#9
    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews10,190

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  10. Off the Reservation book cover by Stephen Graham Jones

    Off the Reservation

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    • List rank#10
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews56

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FAQ

Is Indigenous a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,712 reviews and sells for $9.71.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Indigenous?

The median best seller has 2,712 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Indigenous best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.71; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.62.

Can new books break into Indigenous?

12% 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.