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James Gleick: Amazon KDP author data
James Gleick has 20 books on Amazon, 18 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #2), mostly in History & Philosophy, Scientists, History of Technology.
20Books on Amazon
18Listed in 30 days
4.2Average rating
| Median price | $14.95 |
|---|---|
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.16 – $18.44 |
| Median reviews | 871 |
| Total reviews | 23,137 |
| New books (30 days) | 3 |
| Breakout books (30 days) | 2 |
What stands out
- 90% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
- Median price $14.95, 19% above the median of their main category, History & Philosophy.
- 3 new books in the last 30 days, 2 of them broke into a Best Sellers list.
James Gleick's best-ranked books
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Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleick
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,353
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Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleick
- Price$12.75
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,353
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Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleick
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,353
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
by James Gleick
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,597
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The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood
by James Gleick
- Price$16.53
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,597
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The Telephone: A New History
by James Gleick
- Price$17.99
- Reviews-
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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
by James Gleick
- Price$8.85
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,687
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The Telephone: A New History
by James Gleick
- Price$23.68
- Reviews-
- Published2026-11
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
by James Gleick
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,597
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Time Travel: A History
by James Gleick
- Price$15.58
- Rating4.0
- Reviews709
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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.