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Solo Travel (Specialty Travel, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Solo Travel (Specialty Travel, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $17.99, median 42 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $14.99 – $20.66 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Specialty Travel (352), one of the easier corners under it.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 83% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Solo Travel best sellers
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Lonely Planet Dream Trips of the World: 100 Destinations & Itineraries | Detailed Maps & Insider Tips | 2 Day to 3 Week Trips | Bucket List Travel
- List rank#1
- Price$20.10
- Rating4.6
- Reviews333
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Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home
by Peter Santenello
- List rank#2
- Price$25.74
- Rating4.8
- Reviews280
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Confessions of a Middle-Aged Backpacker: A Solo Travel Memoir
by Chris Gattanella
- List rank#3
- Price$2.49
- Rating4.4
- Reviews553
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,046
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The Wilder Way: A Memoir of Adventure, Freedom, and an Uncharted Life
by Eva zu Beck
- List rank#5
- Price$17.04
- Rating4.7
- Reviews705
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West with the Night: A Memoir
by Beryl Markham
- List rank#6
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.5
- Reviews8,594
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Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed My Life
by Noraly Schoenmaker
- List rank#7
- Price$16.15
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,763
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NKJV, Journal Reference Edition Bible, Verse Art Cover Collection, Leathersoft, Gray, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Let Scripture Explain Scripture. Reflect on What You Learn.
- List rank#8
- Price$25.11
- Rating4.8
- Reviews464
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Glam Italia! 101 Fabulous Things to Do in Rome: Beyond the Colosseum, the Vatican, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps (Glam Italia! How To Travel Italy)
by Corinna Cooke
- List rank#9
- Price$21.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews588
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Lost on Purpose: Adventures of a 21st Century Mountain Man (Real-Life Adventures of the Texas Yeti Book 2)
by Patrick Taylor
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,693
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FAQ
Is Solo Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 42 reviews and sells for $17.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Solo Travel?
The median best seller has 42 reviews, and 60% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Solo Travel best sellers cost?
The median price is $17.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $14.99 and $20.66.
Can new books break into Solo Travel?
16% 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.