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Japanese (Literature & Fiction › Asian, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Japanese (Literature & Fiction › Asian, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 8 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $17.48 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 26% of the parent category Asian (32), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 8 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $17.48, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Japanese best sellers
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Short Stories for Japanese Learners (Level 2, Tanabata): Beginner-Friendly Fun and Engaging Stories to Expand Your Vocabulary and Kanji Knowledge! (You Can Read Japanese!)
by Japanese Language Park
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews152
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Short Stories for Japanese Learners (You Can Read Japanese Level2, The Red Candle): Beginner-Friendly Fun and Engaging Stories to Expand Your Vocabulary and Kanji Knowledge! (You Can Read Japanese!)
by Japanese Language Park
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews207
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Ningen Shikkaku: Read in English and Japanese (Japanese Edition)
by Dazai Osamu
- List rank#3
- Price$6.76
- Reviews-
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Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature: Publishing, Prizes, and the Ascription of Literary Value (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society)
by Edward Mack
- List rank#4
- Price$19.22
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day
by Donald Keene
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews46
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Myths and Legends of Japan
by F. Hadland Davis
- List rank#6
- Price$0.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews235
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The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
by Ivan Morris
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews156
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The Sarashina Diary: A Woman's Life in Eleventh-Century Japan (Reader's Edition) (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Sugawara no Takasue no Musume Sugawara no Takasue no Musume
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23
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The Dark Side of Manga: A Critical Guide to Horror, Psychological Thrillers, and Disturbing Masterpieces
by Jan Vandevelde
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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Darakuron: A Modern Translation and Adaptation (Japanese Edition)
by Ango Sakaguchi
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews7
FAQ
Is Japanese a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 8 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Japanese?
The median best seller has 8 reviews, and 83% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Japanese best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $17.48.
Can new books break into Japanese?
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.