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Travel (Geography & Cultures, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Travel (Geography & Cultures, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.96, median 622 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).

24Opportunity / 100
$7.96Median price
622Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.51 – $10.87
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)3%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • At $7.96 its median price is below 96% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
  • Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • Its median reviews are 49% of the parent category Geography & Cultures (1,264), one of the easier corners under it.

Top 10 Travel best sellers

  1. Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #21): A laugh-out-loud knockout from the #1 internat book cover by Jeff Kinney

    Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #21): A laugh-out-loud knockout from the #1 international bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#1
    • Price$10.97
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,229

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  2. The Academy book cover by T.Z. Layton

    The Academy

    by T.Z. Layton

    • List rank#2
    • Price$7.49
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews2,497

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  3. The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 9) book cover by Jeff Kinney

    The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 9)

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.20
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews33,392

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  4. The Academy II: The Journey Continues book cover by T.Z. Layton

    The Academy II: The Journey Continues

    by T.Z. Layton

    • List rank#4
    • Price$6.79
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,730

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  5. The Academy III: Tournament of Champions book cover by T.Z. Layton

    The Academy III: Tournament of Champions

    by T.Z. Layton

    • List rank#5
    • Price$6.20
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews1,283

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  6. Wind-Up Busy Car: A Toy and Book Gift Featuring a Driving Journey Through Towns and the Co book cover by Fiona Watt

    Wind-Up Busy Car: A Toy and Book Gift Featuring a Driving Journey Through Towns and the Countryside

    by Fiona Watt

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.72
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews335

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  7. The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #15): A camping catastrophe with hilarious consequences book cover by Jeff Kinney

    The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #15): A camping catastrophe with hilarious consequences from the #1 international bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (Book 15) (Volume 15)

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#7
    • Price$7.86
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews53,252

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  8. The Academy V: Cup of Nations book cover by T.Z. Layton

    The Academy V: Cup of Nations

    by T.Z. Layton

    • List rank#8
    • Price$7.49
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews974

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  9. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12): A holiday vacation gone hilariously wrong from the book cover by Jeff Kinney

    The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12): A holiday vacation gone hilariously wrong from the #1 international bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (Book 12) (Volume 12)

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#9
    • Price$8.01
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews35,029

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  10. Sing the 50 United States! (Classic Seuss) book cover by Dr. Seuss

    Sing the 50 United States! (Classic Seuss)

    by Dr. Seuss

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.14
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews479

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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Travel

FAQ

Is Travel a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 622 reviews and sells for $7.96.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Travel?

The median best seller has 622 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Travel best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.96; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.51 and $10.87.

Can new books break into Travel?

3% 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.