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Saudi Arabia (Middle East, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Saudi Arabia (Middle East, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 42 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Middle East (476), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Saudi Arabia best sellers
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Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,752
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Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria
by Sam Dagher
- List rank#2
- Price-
- Rating4.6
- Reviews363
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Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia
by Carmen Bin Ladin
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews663
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The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia – An Unprecedented Biography of the Visionary Reformer and Ruthless Autocrat
by Karen Elliott House
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews191
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The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East
by Eugene L. Rogan
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,421
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The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews448
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The Monk of Mokha
by Dave Eggers
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,045
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
by Jean Sasson
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews7,198
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Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
by Kim Ghattas
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,309
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Lawrence of Arabia: A Life from Beginning to End (World War 1)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews286
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FAQ
Is Saudi Arabia a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 42 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Saudi Arabia?
The median best seller has 42 reviews, and 62% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Saudi Arabia best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Saudi Arabia?
6% 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.