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Oman: Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Oman, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $28.26, median 3 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).

22Opportunity / 100
$28.26Median price
3Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$15.86 – $42.00
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)2%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Middle East (1,291), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Its review barrier is lower than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 3 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
  • Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.

Top 10 Oman best sellers

  1. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires book cover by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

    Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

    by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

    • List rank#1
    • Price$18
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews367

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  2. The Sultan's Shadow: One Family's Rule at the Crossroads of East and West book cover by Christiane Bird

    The Sultan's Shadow: One Family's Rule at the Crossroads of East and West

    by Christiane Bird

    • List rank#2
    • Price$21.65
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews20

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  3. Atlantis of the Sands: The Search for the Lost City of Ubar book cover by Sir Fiennes, Ranulph

    Atlantis of the Sands: The Search for the Lost City of Ubar

    by Sir Fiennes, Ranulph

    • List rank#3
    • Price-
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews20

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  4. ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS IN ARABIA: The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Centur book cover by Bertram Thomas

    ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS IN ARABIA: The Life and Works of Bertram Thomas in Early 20th Century Iraq and Oman (Oman in History)

    by Bertram Thomas

    • List rank#4
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews1

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  5. A History of Modern Oman book cover by Jeremy Jones

    A History of Modern Oman

    by Jeremy Jones

    • List rank#5
    • Price$29.12
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews42

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  6. In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency book cover by Ian Gardiner

    In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency

    by Ian Gardiner

    • List rank#6
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews356

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  7. The Road To Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands – Nicholas Clapp's True Story of Scien book cover by Nicholas Clapp

    The Road To Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands – Nicholas Clapp's True Story of Science and Discovery in the Arabian Desert

    by Nicholas Clapp

    • List rank#7
    • Price$12.02
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews72

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  8. The Feather Men book cover by Sir Ranulph Fiennes

    The Feather Men

    by Sir Ranulph Fiennes

    • List rank#8
    • Price$267
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews274

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  9. Desert Kingdoms to Global Powers: The Rise of the Arab Gulf book cover by Rory Miller

    Desert Kingdoms to Global Powers: The Rise of the Arab Gulf

    by Rory Miller

    • List rank#9
    • Price$32
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews27

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  10. Arabian Sands (Penguin Classics) book cover by Wilfred Thesiger

    Arabian Sands (Penguin Classics)

    by Wilfred Thesiger

    • List rank#10
    • Price-
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews638

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FAQ

Is Oman a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 3 reviews and sells for $28.26.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Oman?

The median best seller has 3 reviews, and 93% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Oman best sellers cost?

The median price is $28.26; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.86 and $42.00.

Can new books break into Oman?

2% 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.