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John McPhee: Amazon KDP author data

John McPhee has 53 books on Amazon, 52 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Geology, Nature Writing & Essays, Canoeing.

53Books on Amazon
52Listed in 30 days
4.5Average rating
Median price$11.99
Price range (middle 50%)$11.99 – $16.09
Median reviews324
Total reviews22,610
New books (30 days)0
Breakout books (30 days)0

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What stands out

  • 98% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $11.99, 23% below the median of their main category, Geology.

John McPhee's best-ranked books

  1. Annals of the Former World book cover by John McPhee

    Annals of the Former World

    by John McPhee

    • Price$50.03
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews879

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  2. Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World Book 1) book cover by John McPhee

    Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World Book 1)

    by John McPhee

    • Price$9.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews332

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  3. The Survival of the Bark Canoe book cover by John McPhee

    The Survival of the Bark Canoe

    by John McPhee

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews233

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  4. Assembling California (Annals of the Former World Book 4) book cover by John McPhee

    Assembling California (Annals of the Former World Book 4)

    by John McPhee

    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews324

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  5. The Pine Barrens book cover by John McPhee

    The Pine Barrens

    by John McPhee

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews638

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  6. Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4) book cover by John McPhee

    Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)

    by John McPhee

    • Price$10.48
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews324

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  7. The Survival of the Bark Canoe book cover by John McPhee

    The Survival of the Bark Canoe

    by John McPhee

    • Price$9.25
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews233

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  8. The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B.  book cover by John McPhee

    The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor

    by John McPhee

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews210

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  9. Silence So Deep It Rings: A Desert Chronicle book cover by John McPhee

    Silence So Deep It Rings: A Desert Chronicle

    by John McPhee

    • Price$39.46
    • Reviews-
    • Published2026-10

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  10. Annals of the Former World book cover by John McPhee

    Annals of the Former World

    by John McPhee

    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews879

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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.