Food, Lodging & Transportation — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Travel best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 42.5/100.
Category metrics
Score
42.5
Median reviews
117.5
Weak share (top 20)
25%
Median price
$11.99
Median star rating
4.7
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
The Food, Lodging & Transportation list shows real reader demand with room left for newcomers: the median book carries 117.5 reviews, yet 25% of the top 20 still sit under 100 reviews. 0 top-15 books hold fewer than 100 reviews at $0.99–4.99 — classic self-publishing breakout books. Ease-of-entry score 42.5/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on AmazonNo breakout books in this category.
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| rick steves | 21 | 432 |
| national parks | 4 | 97 |
| times bestseller | 2 | 81 |
| new york | 2 | 77 |
| national geographic | 2 | 72 |
| travel guide | 3 | 65 |
| rick steves best | 2 | 51 |
| rick steves rome | 2 | 42 |
| guide to the national | 2 | 36 |
| lonely planet | 2 | 22 |
| rick steves pocket | 2 | 21 |
| rick steves snapshot | 2 | 5 |
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9 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 69.5 | 25.5 |
| █████ | 67.0 | 27 |
| █████ | 64.5 | 3 |
| █████ | 62.5 | 8.5 |
| █████ | 60.0 | 54 |
| █████ | 59.5 | 34 |
| █████ | 57.5 | 43.5 |
| █████ | 54.5 | 85.5 |
| █████ | 44.5 | 112 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.