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Southeast (Nonfiction › Asia, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Southeast (Nonfiction › Asia, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 27 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $14.11 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 14% of the parent category Asia (196), one of the easier corners under it.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $14.11, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Southeast best sellers
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Lonely Planet Vietnam (Travel Guide)
by Joshua Zukas
- List rank#1
- Price$23.42
- Rating4.4
- Reviews168
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Retiring in the Philippines: A True Story of Love, Heartbreak and Living Well on $1,300 a Month
by Jorge Blanco
- List rank#2
- Price$7.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Learn Vietnamese for Adult Beginners: 7 Books in 1: Speak Vietnamese In 30 Days!
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews159
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Learn Thai for Adult Beginners: 7 Books in 1: Speak Thai In 30 Days!
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews239
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Learn Tagalog for Adult Beginners: 7 Books in 1: Speak Tagalog In 30 Days!
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews256
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Lonely Planet Indonesia (Travel Guide)
by Anthony Ham
- List rank#7
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew X. Pham
- List rank#8
- Price$11.20
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,069
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Lonely Planet Cambodia (Travel Guide)
by Nick Ray
- List rank#9
- Price$14.43
- Rating4.5
- Reviews23
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Lonely Planet Bangkok (Travel Guide)
by Anirban Mahapatra
- List rank#10
- Price$14.64
- Rating4.0
- Reviews27
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FAQ
Is Southeast a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 27 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Southeast?
The median best seller has 27 reviews, and 75% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Southeast best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $14.11.
Can new books break into Southeast?
17% 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.