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Middle East (Historical, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Middle East (Historical, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 280 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 10% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Historical (2,070), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 73% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 280 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Middle East best sellers
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II — A WWII Story Set in the Pacific Theater
- List rank#1
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,305
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Julius Caesar (Gift for History Buffs)
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews833
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One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya
by Christian Craighead
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews682
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Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
by Pierre Hadot
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews85
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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy From the Bestselling Author of The Spy and the Traitor
- List rank#5
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews411
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Cleopatra: A Life
by Stacy Schiff
- List rank#6
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews2,529
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Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
by Lynne Olson
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,487
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews939
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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II — A WWII Spy History
by Elyse Graham
- List rank#9
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews368
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Alexander the Great
- List rank#10
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,719
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FAQ
Is Middle East a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 280 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Middle East?
The median best seller has 280 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Middle East best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Middle East?
10% 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.