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Southeast (Asia, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Southeast (Asia, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.09, median 105 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).

31Opportunity / 100
$15.09Median price
105Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$10.94 – $18.72
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)8%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 48% of the parent category Asia (218), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Southeast best sellers

  1. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia book cover by Elizabeth Gilbert

    Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

    by Elizabeth Gilbert

    • List rank#1
    • Price$8.42
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews16,937

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  2. Lonely Planet Vietnam: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Insider book cover by Joshua Zukas

    Lonely Planet Vietnam: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Insider Tips | Covers Hanoi, Northern Vietnam, Southeast Coast and more (Travel Guide)

    by Joshua Zukas

    • List rank#2
    • Price$24
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews168

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  3. Lonely Planet Thailand: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Inside book cover by David Eimer

    Lonely Planet Thailand: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Insider Tips | Covers Bangkok, Central Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Hua Hin, Ko Samui and more (Travel Guide)

    by David Eimer

    • List rank#3
    • Price$24.25
    • Rating3.7
    • Reviews10

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  4. Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia [A Cookbook] book cover by Desmond Tan

    Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia [A Cookbook]

    by Desmond Tan

    • List rank#4
    • Price$18.59
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews394

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  5. Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippin book cover by Joi Barrios

    Tagalog for Beginners: An Introduction to Filipino, the National Language of the Philippines (Online Audio included)

    by Joi Barrios

    • List rank#5
    • Price$12
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,060

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  6. A is for Adobo: ABCs of Filipino Culture (Filipino Culture Children's Books) book cover by G.M. Reyes

    A is for Adobo: ABCs of Filipino Culture (Filipino Culture Children's Books)

    by G.M. Reyes

    • List rank#6
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews218

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  7. Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | D book cover by David Eimer

    Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Insider Tips | Covers Hanoi, ... of Angkor, Bangkok and more (Travel Guide)

    by David Eimer

    • List rank#7
    • Price$18.30
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews59

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  8. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 book cover by Graham Bowley

    No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

    by Graham Bowley

    • List rank#8
    • Price$14.95
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews2,356

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  9. The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics) book cover by William Pene du Bois

    The Twenty-One Balloons (Puffin Modern Classics)

    by William Pene du Bois

    • List rank#9
    • Price$7.59
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,379

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  10. Lonely Planet Philippines: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Ins book cover by Greg Bloom

    Lonely Planet Philippines: Plan the Trip of a Lifetime | Detailed Itineraries & Maps | Insider Tips | Covers Manila, North Luzon, Boracay & Western Visayas and more (Travel Guide)

    by Greg Bloom

    • List rank#10
    • Price$16.53
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews110

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Subcategories

Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Southeast

FAQ

Is Southeast a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 105 reviews and sells for $15.09.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Southeast?

The median best seller has 105 reviews, and 49% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Southeast best sellers cost?

The median price is $15.09; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.94 and $18.72.

Can new books break into Southeast?

8% 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.