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Japanese & Haiku (Poetry, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Japanese & Haiku (Poetry, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.99, median 35 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.74 – $10.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Poetry (1,350), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.74 to $10.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Japanese & Haiku best sellers
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IKIGAI AND JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY: 3 books in 1: Ikigai, Kaizen and Shinrin-yoku – Unlock the secrets of Japanese wisdom for a long and happy life by discovering your purpose
by TETSUGAKU GROUP
- List rank#1
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews122
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A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings
by Soiku Shigematsu
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews20
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Delphi Collected Works of Basho and the Haikuists (Illustrated)
by Matsuo Basho
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews19
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Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
by Yoel Hoffmann
- List rank#4
- Price$8.54
- Rating4.7
- Reviews828
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Night of the Living Dogs: Book 3 (Chicagoland Detective Agency)
by Trina Robbins
- List rank#5
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews8
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Classics)
by Matsuo Basho
- List rank#6
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews594
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Botchan
by Natsume Sōseki
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews410
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The Selected Poems of Donald Hall
by Donald Hall
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews105
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Writing Haiku: A Beginner's Guide to Composing Japanese Poetry - Includes Tanka, Renga, Haiga, Senryu and Haibun
by Bruce Ross
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews90
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Learn Japanese through Haiku - Basho: Enjoy Japanese culture while building your vocabulary and grammar
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews48
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FAQ
Is Japanese & Haiku a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 35 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Japanese & Haiku?
The median best seller has 35 reviews, and 70% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Japanese & Haiku best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.74 and $10.99.
Can new books break into Japanese & Haiku?
9% 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.