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Time Travel Fiction KDP Category Guide

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Category Overview

Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction › Time Travel

Competition Level

Low Competition
4/10

BSR Benchmarks

Metric Benchmark
BSR to reach Top 10 < 3,000
BSR to reach Top 100 < 20,000
Average Price $3.99–$5.99

Time Travel is a niche with passionate readers and low competition. The romance-adjacent time travel sub-niche (Outlander-style) has a particularly loyal audience.

How to List Your Book in This Category

  1. 1 Open your KDP Bookshelf and go to your book's details page.
  2. 2 Under "Categories", click Browse Categories.
  3. 3 Follow the path: Kindle Store › Kindle eBooks › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction › Time Travel
  4. 4 If the subcategory is not selectable directly, contact KDP support for assistance.
  5. 5 You can hold up to 3 categories per book — use all three.

Tips for This Category

  • Outlander-style historical time travel romance has the largest audience
  • Internal consistency of time travel rules reduces reader frustration
  • Historical setting research depth is expected and rewarded

Related KDP Categories

Historical Romance Epic Fantasy