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Iraq (History › Middle East, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Iraq (History › Middle East, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $14.40, median 214 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.29 – $20.43 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 17% of the parent category Middle East (1,291), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 18, 10 points lower than here.
Top 10 Iraq best sellers
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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
by Eckart Frahm
- List rank#1
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews577
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Mosul Eye: A Scholar's Clandestine War Against ISIS
by Omar Mohammed
- List rank#2
- Price$26.58
- Rating4.6
- Reviews47
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
- List rank#3
- Price$11.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,594
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Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
by Scott A. Huesing
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,483
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle
- List rank#5
- Price$8.81
- Rating4.5
- Reviews43,012
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer
- List rank#6
- Price$11.29
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,500
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
by Stephen Kinzer
- List rank#7
- Price$14.70
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,914
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It Was What It Was: A Tale of the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq (2006-2008) (Tales from the Global War on Terror (GWOT) Book 2)
by Daniel Pace
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews290
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Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq
by William R. Polk
- List rank#10
- Price$15.19
- Rating4.5
- Reviews72
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Iraq
FAQ
Is Iraq a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 214 reviews and sells for $14.40.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Iraq?
The median best seller has 214 reviews, and 39% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Iraq best sellers cost?
The median price is $14.40; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.29 and $20.43.
Can new books break into Iraq?
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.