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Southeast (History › Asia, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Southeast (History › Asia, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.53, median 968 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- The same niche in Books scores 27, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 87% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 968 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Southeast best sellers
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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,123
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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#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,991
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The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton
by Marc Leepson
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews190
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Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967
by Doyle Glass
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,034
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GOD’S YOUNG LUNATICS: A Memoir of Vietnam Helicopter Combat
by Bob J. Garcia
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews752
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The Vietnam War: A Military History
by Geoffrey Wawro
- List rank#6
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews278
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We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
by Harold G. Moore
- List rank#7
- Price$7.96
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,084
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Rangers in the Jungle: The Untold Story of the U.S. Army Rangers in Vietnam
by Caleb Crosby
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews106
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Mad Minutes Outside the Wire: A Grunt's Journey During the Vietnam War
by C. Roger Hill
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews599
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
- List rank#10
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,194
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Southeast Asia
FAQ
Is Southeast a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 968 reviews and sells for $9.53.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Southeast?
The median best seller has 968 reviews, and 9% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Southeast best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.53; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Southeast?
3% 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.