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South America (Latin America, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for South America (Latin America, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.99, median 155 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.49 – $12.66 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 38% of the parent category Latin America (403), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.49 to $12.66, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 South America best sellers
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World
by Vincent Bevins
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,991
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The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
by Greg Grandin
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews209
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- List rank#3
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,156
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River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon
by Buddy Levy
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,103
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews12,825
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
- List rank#6
- Price$9.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,735
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A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children
by Haley Cohen Gilliland
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews337
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The Last Days of the Incas
by Kim MacQuarrie
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,597
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Más allá de la Concordia (Spanish Edition)
by GUILLERMO PARVEX
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews10
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The War of the End of the World: A Novel
by Mario Vargas Llosa
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews538
Subcategories
FAQ
Is South America a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 155 reviews and sells for $8.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in South America?
The median best seller has 155 reviews, and 43% of them have fewer than 100.
What do South America best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.49 and $12.66.
Can new books break into South America?
7% 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.