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James Baldwin: Amazon KDP author data
James Baldwin has 57 books on Amazon, 51 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Black & African American, United States, Literary Fiction.
57Books on Amazon
51Listed in 30 days
4.6Average rating
| Median price | $11.65 |
|---|---|
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.99 – $14.95 |
| Median reviews | 443 |
| Total reviews | 165,844 |
| New books (30 days) | 7 |
| Breakout books (30 days) | 1 |
What stands out
- 89% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
- Median price $11.65, 34% below the median of their main category, Black & African American.
- 7 new books in the last 30 days, 1 of them broke into a Best Sellers list.
James Baldwin's best-ranked books
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by James Baldwin
- Price$7.69
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13,066
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The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
- Price$15.06
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13,066
- Published2026-08
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Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,199
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Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
- Price$11.65
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,621
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by James Baldwin
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews13,066
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Notes of a Native Son (Beacon Classics)
by James Baldwin
- Price$14.91
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,199
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James Baldwin : Collected Essays : Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays (Library of America)
by James Baldwin
- Price$29.97
- Rating4.9
- Reviews1,516
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (Vintage International)
by James Baldwin
- Price$9.41
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,407
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Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin
by James Baldwin
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews160
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Another Country (Vintage International)
by James Baldwin
- Price$13.20
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,700
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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.