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Elaine Pagels: Amazon KDP author data

Elaine Pagels has 19 books on Amazon, 16 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, New Testament, Angelology & Demonology.

19Books on Amazon
16Listed in 30 days
4.5Average rating
Median price$11.99
Price range (middle 50%)$9.99 – $14.49
Median reviews997
Total reviews23,090
New books (30 days)0
Breakout books (30 days)0

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What stands out

  • 84% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $11.99, 33% below the median of their main category, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides.

Elaine Pagels's best-ranked books

  1. The Gnostic Gospels (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books) book cover by Elaine Pagels

    The Gnostic Gospels (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,707

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  2. Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus book cover by Elaine Pagels

    Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews1,148
    • Published2025-04

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  3. The Gnostic Gospels (National Book Award Winner) book cover by Elaine Pagels

    The Gnostic Gospels (National Book Award Winner)

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,707

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  4. Why Religion?: A Personal Story – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Hope and Humanity book cover by Elaine Pagels

    Why Religion?: A Personal Story – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Hope and Humanity

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews1,035

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  5. The Gnostic Gospels book cover by Elaine Pagels

    The Gnostic Gospels

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$9.79
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,707

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  6. Why Religion?: A Personal Story – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Hope and Humanity book cover by Elaine Pagels

    Why Religion?: A Personal Story – A New York Times Bestselling Memoir of Hope and Humanity

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$14.49
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews1,035

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  7. The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics book cover by Elaine Pagels

    The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews810

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  8. The Gnostic Gospels: The National Book Award-winning study of the Nag Hammadi scrolls and  book cover by Elaine Pagels

    The Gnostic Gospels: The National Book Award-winning study of the Nag Hammadi scrolls and an alternative Christian spirituality

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price-
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews2,707

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  9. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas book cover by Elaine Pagels

    Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews997

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  10. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (Vintage) book cover by Elaine Pagels

    Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (Vintage)

    by Elaine Pagels

    • Price$10.48
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews997

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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.