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Time Travel (Genre Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Time Travel (Genre Fiction, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.70, median 2,124 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $15.98 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Genre Fiction (43,722), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 93% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,124 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 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.
Top 10 Time Travel best sellers
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The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel (The Midnight World)
by Matt Haig
- List rank#1
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.4
- Reviews292,913
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Retro: A Novel
by Jessica M. Goldstein
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews240
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar
- List rank#6
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews20,594
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The Girl I Was: A Novel – A NYT Bestseller Contemporary Fiction and Time Travel Adventure
by Jeneva Rose
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews6,666
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Heartfelt Novel Exploring Regret, Redemption and Closure From a Magical Café
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews39,924
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Life Out of Order: The Long-Awaited New Novel from the Author of the Multi-Million Copy Bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews280
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FAQ
Is Time Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,124 reviews and sells for $9.70.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Time Travel?
The median best seller has 2,124 reviews, and 12% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Time Travel best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.70; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $15.98.
Can new books break into Time 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.