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Travel (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Travel (Nonfiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 1,602 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 18 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 92% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,602 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 81% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
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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The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews19,847
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Spanish Short Stories for Beginners (A1): 10 Easy Stories in Mexican Spanish with English Translations, Vocabulary and Questions for Adult Learners (Mesa Larga Spanish Readers)
by Mesa Larga
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
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Fact & Fiction: A Collection of Stories
by Robert Brodey
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
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Swimming in Air: Alone together across Africa.
by Parker Griffon
- List rank#5
- Price$4.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3
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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
by Saidiya V. Hartman
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews381
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Danube: Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe
by Irina Georgescu
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews60
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Chile Waters : A Rick Waters Novel (Caribbean Adventure Series Book 24)
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews19
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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#9
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews7,929
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The Little Swedish Kitchen: Over 100 recipes to celebrate every season
by Rachel Khoo
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews341
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Travel
FAQ
Is Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,602 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Travel?
The median best seller has 1,602 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Travel best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Travel?
17% 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.