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James Patterson: Amazon KDP author data
James Patterson has 505 books on Amazon, 267 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Crime, Suspense, Police Procedurals.
505Books on Amazon
267Listed in 30 days
4.5Average rating
| Median price | $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Price range (middle 50%) | $8.72 – $14.99 |
| Median reviews | 4,420 |
| Total reviews | 4,110,216 |
| New books (30 days) | 41 |
| Breakout books (30 days) | 17 |
What stands out
- 53% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
- Median price $9.99, 100% above the median of their main category, Crime.
- 41 new books in the last 30 days, 17 of them broke into a Best Sellers list.
James Patterson's best-ranked books
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The Family Cross: An Alex Cross Thriller
by James Patterson
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,634
- Published2026-10
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The Girl in the Lake: A Holmes, Margaret & Poe Mystery
by James Patterson
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews167
- Published2026-10
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The Summer House: A Thriller
by James Patterson
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews61,192
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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy (James Patterson True Crime Book 3)
by James Patterson
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,745
- Published2025-07
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The Girl in the Castle
by James Patterson
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,106
- Published2022-09
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Run, Rose, Run: A Novel
by James Patterson
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews57,474
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The Country Road Murders: A Thriller
by James Patterson
- Price$26.45
- Rating4.4
- Reviews8,068
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James Penney's New Identity (The Thriller Shorts)
by James Patterson
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews5,560
- Published2019-10
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Thank You, Teachers: True Stories from America's Teachers, Our Last Line of Defense and Our First Line of Hope (Heroes Among Us)
by James Patterson
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews167
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Judge Stone: A Novel
by James Patterson
- Price$23.09
- Rating4.6
- Reviews31,709
Main categories
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.