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Middle Eastern (Poetry, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Middle Eastern (Poetry, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 52 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).

22Opportunity / 100
$7.99Median price
52Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$2.99 – $10.99
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)10%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Poetry (1,350), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $10.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Middle Eastern best sellers

  1. The Essential Rumi - reissue: New Expanded Edition of The Popular Spiritual Poetry Collect book cover by Jalal Al-Din Rumi

    The Essential Rumi - reissue: New Expanded Edition of The Popular Spiritual Poetry Collection

    by Jalal Al-Din Rumi

    • List rank#1
    • Price$12.49
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews4,608

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  2. The Prophet (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) book cover by Kahlil Gibran

    The Prophet (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

    by Kahlil Gibran

    • List rank#2
    • Price$0.29
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews13,712

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  3. Gilgamesh: The New Translation book cover by Gerald J. Davis

    Gilgamesh: The New Translation

    by Gerald J. Davis

    • List rank#3
    • Price$6.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews615

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  4. The Prophet book cover by Kahlil Gibran

    The Prophet

    by Kahlil Gibran

    • List rank#4
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,916

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  5. The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics) book cover by Penguin Classics

    The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)

    by Penguin Classics

    • List rank#5
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,849

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  6. Gilgamesh: A New English Version book cover by Stephen Mitchell

    Gilgamesh: A New English Version

    by Stephen Mitchell

    • List rank#6
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,768

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  7. Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse book cover by David Ferry

    Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse

    by David Ferry

    • List rank#7
    • Price$11.39
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews322

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  8. Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran book cover by Kahlil Gibran

    Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran

    by Kahlil Gibran

    • List rank#8
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews3,343

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  9. The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi book cover by Andrew Harvey

    The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi

    by Andrew Harvey

    • List rank#9
    • Price$8.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews37

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  10. The Prophet The Original 1923 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Kahlil Gibran Classics) book cover by Kahlil Gibran

    The Prophet The Original 1923 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Kahlil Gibran Classics)

    by Kahlil Gibran

    • List rank#10
    • Price$0.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews191

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FAQ

Is Middle Eastern a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 52 reviews and sells for $7.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Middle Eastern?

The median best seller has 52 reviews, and 58% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Middle Eastern best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $10.99.

Can new books break into Middle Eastern?

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.