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Kenya (History › Africa, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Kenya (History › Africa, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.81, median 27 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $13.80 – $32 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Africa (668), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $13.80 to $32, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Kenya best sellers
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
by J. H. Patterson
- List rank#1
- Price$8.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,673
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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
by Caroline Elkins
- List rank#2
- Price$17.85
- Rating4.5
- Reviews287
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City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
by Ben Rawlence
- List rank#4
- Price$13.80
- Rating4.4
- Reviews614
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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
by Kennedy Odede
- List rank#5
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,008
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Kenya's Running Women: A History
by Michelle M Sikes
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3
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Happy Valley: The story of the English in Kenya
by Nicholas Best
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,116
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White Mischief: The Murder of Lord Erroll
by James Fox
- List rank#8
- Price$21.53
- Rating3.9
- Reviews611
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Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival ― A Journalist's Memoir of Love in Africa
by Jeffrey Gettleman
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews935
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The Ghosts of Happy Valley: Searching for the Lost World of Africa's Infamous Aristocrats
by Juliet Barnes
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews382
FAQ
Is Kenya a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 27 reviews and sells for $19.81.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Kenya?
The median best seller has 27 reviews, and 68% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Kenya best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.81; half of the best sellers are priced between $13.80 and $32.
Can new books break into Kenya?
8% 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.