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Pacific Islanders: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Pacific Islanders, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.05, median 52 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.71 – $19.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Community & Culture (6,619), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Pacific Islanders best sellers
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by William Finnegan
- List rank#1
- Price$11.50
- Rating4.5
- Reviews11,172
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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (An Inspiring True Story)
by Bethany Hamilton
- List rank#2
- Price$8.72
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,971
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
- List rank#3
- Price$10.79
- Rating4.7
- Reviews7,332
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia — A Narrative of the South Seas and Polynesia
by Christina Thompson
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,012
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Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii
by T. W. Neal
- List rank#5
- Price$18.68
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,438
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Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
by Sue Prideaux
- List rank#6
- Price$20.55
- Rating4.5
- Reviews861
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The book of five rings: +Biography of Miyamoto Musashi, Illustrated Edition, Modern Translation
by Musashi Miyamoto
- List rank#7
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews332
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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
by Lili‘uokalani
- List rank#8
- Price$19.65
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,251
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Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft
by Thor Heyerdahl
- List rank#10
- Price$8.09
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,091
FAQ
Is Pacific Islanders a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 52 reviews and sells for $15.05.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Pacific Islanders?
The median best seller has 52 reviews, and 59% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Pacific Islanders best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.05; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.71 and $19.99.
Can new books break into Pacific Islanders?
12% 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.