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Middle East (Nonfiction › Travel, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Middle East (Nonfiction › Travel, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 133 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Travel (1,602), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 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 Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
by Aziz Abu Sarah
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews345
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Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Ground Soldier's Fifty-Year Career Hunting America's Enemies
by Billy Waugh
- List rank#2
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,347
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
by Gerard Russell
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews447
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The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
by Rory Stewart
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews192
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On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
by Rick Steves
- List rank#7
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,404
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Learn Arabic for Adult Beginners: 7 Books in 1: Speak Arabic In 30 Days!
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews230
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The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart
- List rank#9
- Price$8.37
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,411
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Egypt For First Timers: A Local’s Travel Guide To Ancient Wonders, Egyptian Culture and Insider Tips
by Timeless Guides
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews23
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Middle East
FAQ
Is Middle East a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 133 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Middle East?
The median best seller has 133 reviews, and 46% 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 $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Middle East?
4% 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.