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Southeast Asia: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Southeast Asia, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $15.62, median 708 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.55 – $19.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category Asia (2,212), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 15, 13 points lower than here.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Southeast Asia 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 Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
- List rank#2
- Price$15.19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,079
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Wild Story of Friendship, War, and One Man’s Unbelievable Mission to Vietnam
by John "Chick" Donohue
- List rank#3
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,063
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The Vietnam War: A Military History
by Geoffrey Wawro
- List rank#5
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews278
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First They Killed My Father: A Harrowing Story of Survival, Family, and Courage Under the Khmer Rouge
by Loung Ung
- List rank#6
- Price$8.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,126
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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#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,034
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Dispatches (Vintage International)
by Michael Herr
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,231
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Beyond the Call of Duty: The Life of Colonel Robert Howard, America's Most Decorated Green Beret (American War Heroes)
by Stephen L. Moore
- List rank#9
- Price$8.50
- Rating4.7
- Reviews502
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Vietnam: A New History
by Christopher Goscha
- List rank#10
- Price$20.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews159
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Southeast
FAQ
Is Southeast Asia a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 708 reviews and sells for $15.62.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Southeast Asia?
The median best seller has 708 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Southeast Asia best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.62; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.55 and $19.50.
Can new books break into Southeast Asia?
4% 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.