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Middle Eastern (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Middle Eastern (Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Regional & Cultural, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $23.79, median 7 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $16.56 – $30 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Regional & Cultural (1,239), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 87% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 7 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $23.79 its median price beats 82% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Middle Eastern best sellers
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One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection
by Richard Francis Burton
- List rank#1
- Price$0.84
- Rating4.1
- Reviews113
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Istanbul: Memories and the City
by Orhan Pamuk
- List rank#2
- Price$18.89
- Rating4.1
- Reviews979
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Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic
by Sophus Helle
- List rank#3
- Price$14.91
- Rating4.8
- Reviews243
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The Arabian Nights: The Complete Thousand Nights and One Night (Annotated and illustrated): The First Unabridged English Translation by John Payne — All 1,001 Nights in Nine Volumes
by John Payne
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Audio Bible - New English Translation, NET: Complete Bible: Audio Bible
by Stephen Johnston
- List rank#5
- Price$42.49
- Rating3.1
- Reviews5
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LOS LIBROS DE ENOC COMPLETOS Y OTROS TEXTOS ANTIGUOS PERDIDOS: Edición Completa en Español con Lenguaje Actual y explicaciones de cada Libro. ... doce patriarcas, 3 Baruc (Spanish Edition)
by RICHARD L. DIAZ
- List rank#6
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews33
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The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran: All poems and short stories (Global Classics)
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,049
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The Prophet The Original 1923 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Kahlil Gibran Classics)
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews191
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The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction
by M.A. Orthofer
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews10
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Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings
by Ghassan Kanafani
- List rank#10
- Price$22.63
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26
FAQ
Is Middle Eastern a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7 reviews and sells for $23.79.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Middle Eastern?
The median best seller has 7 reviews, and 85% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Middle Eastern best sellers cost?
The median price is $23.79; half of the best sellers are priced between $16.56 and $30.
Can new books break into Middle Eastern?
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.