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Travel (Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Travel (Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $14.06, median 862 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).

33Opportunity / 100
$14.06Median price
862Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$10 – $20.97
Average rating4.6
New releases (90 days)17%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 15, 18 points lower than here.
  • 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Its review barrier is higher than in 83% of Books categories: the median best seller has 862 reviews, so new books need time to build up.

Top 10 Travel best sellers

  1. Rand McNally 2027 Large Scale Road Atlas book cover by Rand McNally

    Rand McNally 2027 Large Scale Road Atlas

    by Rand McNally

    • List rank#1
    • Price$30.75
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,232

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  2. Rand McNally 2027 Easy to Read Midsize Road Atlas book cover by Rand McNally

    Rand McNally 2027 Easy to Read Midsize Road Atlas

    by Rand McNally

    • List rank#2
    • Price$18.63
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,072

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  3. A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee book cover by Tom Coyne

    A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee

    by Tom Coyne

    • List rank#3
    • Price$10.61
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,685

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  4. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster book cover by Amy Alton

    The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster

    by Amy Alton

    • List rank#4
    • Price$19.97
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews3,393

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  5. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party book cover by Daniel James Brown

    The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

    by Daniel James Brown

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews8,442

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  6. Rand McNally Easy to Read: United States Map book cover by Rand McNally

    Rand McNally Easy to Read: United States Map

    by Rand McNally

    • List rank#6
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,521

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  7. National Geographic 2027 USA Road Atlas: Adventure Edition book cover by National Geographic Maps

    National Geographic 2027 USA Road Atlas: Adventure Edition

    by National Geographic Maps

    • List rank#7
    • Price$23.71
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews17,206

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  8. One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Of book cover by Christian Craighead

    One Man In: The Explosive Firsthand Account of the Lone Special-Ops Commando Who Fought Off a Major Terrorist Attack in Kenya

    by Christian Craighead

    • List rank#8
    • Price$30
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews682

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  9. 50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do book cover by National Geographic

    50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

    by National Geographic

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.13
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews19,051

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  10. Into the Wild book cover by Jon Krakauer

    Into the Wild

    by Jon Krakauer

    • List rank#10
    • Price$7.53
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews23,541

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Subcategories

Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Travel

FAQ

Is Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 862 reviews and sells for $14.06.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Travel?

The median best seller has 862 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Travel best sellers cost?

The median price is $14.06; half of the best sellers are priced between $10 and $20.97.

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.