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Specialty Travel (Travel, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Specialty Travel (Travel, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $16.27, median 352 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 48/100 (fairly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.55 – $20.89 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 29, 18 points lower than here.
- 21% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 91% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 41% of the parent category Travel (862), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Specialty Travel best sellers
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The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
by Amy Alton
- List rank#1
- Price$19.97
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,393
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National Geographic 2027 USA Road Atlas: Adventure Edition
- List rank#2
- Price$23.71
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,206
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50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
- List rank#3
- Price$10.13
- Rating4.6
- Reviews19,051
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The Complete USA Road Atlas: Explore All 50 States with Easy-to-Read Maps, Major Highways, Alternate Routes, Scenic Drives, Rest Areas and Fuel Stops to Enjoy the Freedom of the Open Road
by Harold & Nina Kestrel
- List rank#4
- Price$34.97
- Rating4.7
- Reviews31
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The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
by Michael Easter
- List rank#5
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews10,062
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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
- List rank#6
- Price$16.85
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,948
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
- List rank#7
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26,225
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Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Under the Sea - 2 Books in 1 (42 Images to Sticker)
by Publications International Ltd.
- List rank#8
- Price$7.39
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,574
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Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Ocean Treasures (13 Images to Sticker)
by Publications International Ltd.
- List rank#9
- Price$7.39
- Rating4.8
- Reviews6,700
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
- List rank#10
- Price$8.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews76,870
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Specialty Travel
FAQ
Is Specialty Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 48/100, which makes it fairly competitive. The median best seller has 352 reviews and sells for $16.27.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Specialty Travel?
The median best seller has 352 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Specialty Travel best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.27; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.55 and $20.89.
Can new books break into Specialty Travel?
21% 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.