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Travel (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Travel (Biographies & Memoirs, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,516 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,516 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $13.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Travel best sellers
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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,442
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This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
by Craig Fehrman
- List rank#2
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews509
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Rules to Live By: How Extraordinary Lives Define What Really Matters
by Jimmy Chin
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews139
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And Then We Hit a Rock: A family of 5, a dog, and a cat move onto a sailboat. Hilarious true story!
by Greg Buenzli
- List rank#4
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7,929
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews27,764
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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
by Susan Orlean
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews1,727
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The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews254
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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
- List rank#9
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,948
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,156
FAQ
Is Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,516 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Travel?
The median best seller has 1,516 reviews, and 8% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Travel best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Travel?
7% 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.