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Gary D. Schmidt: Amazon KDP author data

Gary D. Schmidt has 44 books on Amazon, 33 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Boys & Men, Orphans & Foster Homes, Prejudice & Racism.

44Books on Amazon
33Listed in 30 days
4.7Average rating
Median price$9.99
Price range (middle 50%)$7.73 – $15.65
Median reviews233
Total reviews31,331
New books (30 days)1
Breakout books (30 days)1

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What stands out

  • 75% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $9.99, 18% above the median of their main category, Boys & Men.

Gary D. Schmidt's best-ranked books

  1. Styx and Stones: A Funny, Page-Turning Fantasy Adventure with Greek Mythology, for Kids (A book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Styx and Stones: A Funny, Page-Turning Fantasy Adventure with Greek Mythology, for Kids (Ages 8-12)

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews25

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  2. Orbiting Jupiter: A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Novel of a Troubled Teen, Foster Family Bonds, book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Orbiting Jupiter: A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Novel of a Troubled Teen, Foster Family Bonds, and Friendship

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$8.79
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,030

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  3. Pilgrim's Progress book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Pilgrim's Progress

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$17.50
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews103

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  4. The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner ― A Witty Historical Novel About a Teen B book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner ― A Witty Historical Novel About a Teen Boy, for Kids (Ages 10-12)

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$7.04
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,594

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  5. Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner — A Novel of Loss and Recovery, for Kids (Ages  book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner — A Novel of Loss and Recovery, for Kids (Ages 10-12)

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$5.49
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,559

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  6. The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner — A Witty Historical Novel About a Teen B book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner — A Witty Historical Novel About a Teen Boy, for Kids (Ages 10-12)

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,594

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  7. Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner ― A Novel of Loss and Recovery, for Kids (Ages  book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Okay for Now: A National Book Award Winner ― A Novel of Loss and Recovery, for Kids (Ages 10-12)

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$5.83
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,559

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  8. Orbiting Jupiter: A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Novel of a Troubled Teen, Foster Family Bonds, book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Orbiting Jupiter: A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Novel of a Troubled Teen, Foster Family Bonds, and Friendship

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$13.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,030

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  9. The Labors of Hercules Beal book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    The Labors of Hercules Beal

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$5.49
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews499

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  10. Jupiter Rising book cover by Gary D. Schmidt

    Jupiter Rising

    by Gary D. Schmidt

    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews233

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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.