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Yemen (History › Middle East, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Yemen (History › Middle East, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $29.13, median 6 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $17.00 – $36.50 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 0% of the parent category Middle East (1,291), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 89% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 6 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- At $29.13 its median price beats 88% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Yemen best sellers
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Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,752
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The Monk of Mokha
by Dave Eggers
- List rank#2
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,045
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Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767 (NYRB Classics)
by Thorkild Hansen
- List rank#3
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews125
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The Houthis: From Yemen’s Mountains to The Gates of Mecca
by D Devdatt
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4
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Yemen in Crisis: Road to War
by Helen Lackner
- List rank#5
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.3
- Reviews58
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The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia
by Gregory D. Johnsen
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews119
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Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews303
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Proxy War in Yemen (Cass Military Studies)
by Bernd Kaussler
- List rank#8
- Price$17.04
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)
by Roxani Eleni Margariti
- List rank#9
- Price$32.59
- Rating5.0
- Reviews4
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Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
- List rank#10
- Price$18
- Rating4.4
- Reviews367
FAQ
Is Yemen a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 6 reviews and sells for $29.13.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Yemen?
The median best seller has 6 reviews, and 90% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Yemen best sellers cost?
The median price is $29.13; half of the best sellers are priced between $17.00 and $36.50.
Can new books break into Yemen?
11% 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.