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Japanese (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Japanese (Historical Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 1,661 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $10.86 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Historical Fiction (13,730), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 92% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,661 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Japanese best sellers
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The Last Rose of Shanghai: A Novel
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews39,485
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Fifty Words for Rain: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
by Asha Lemmie
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews13,789
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Shogun: A Novel of Japan
by James Clavell
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews27,842
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Operation: Snare Drum: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel (USS Bull Shark Naval Thriller series Book 1)
by Scott Cook
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews6,636
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Kafka on the Shore (Vintage International)
- List rank#6
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews22,362
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Leviathan Rising: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel (USS Bull Shark Naval Thriller series Book 2)
by Scott Cook
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,669
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Arthur Golden
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21,052
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms: A Novel
by Gail Tsukiyama
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews693
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The Girls of Pearl Harbor
by Soraya M. Lane
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews17,648
FAQ
Is Japanese a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,661 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Japanese?
The median best seller has 1,661 reviews, and 15% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Japanese best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $10.86.
Can new books break into Japanese?
2% 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.