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John Scalzi: Amazon KDP author data

John Scalzi has 53 books on Amazon, 30 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Humorous, Genetic Engineering, Galactic Empire.

53Books on Amazon
30Listed in 30 days
4.3Average rating
Median price$11.99
Price range (middle 50%)$0.99 – $12.99
Median reviews4,504
Total reviews392,098
New books (30 days)3
Breakout books (30 days)2

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What stands out

  • 57% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $11.99, 26% above the median of their main category, Humorous.
  • 3 new books in the last 30 days, 2 of them broke into a Best Sellers list.

John Scalzi's best-ranked books

  1. Starter Villain book cover by John Scalzi

    Starter Villain

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews17,100

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  2. Monsters of Ohio book cover by John Scalzi

    Monsters of Ohio

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$14.99
    • Reviews-

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  3. Monsters of Ohio book cover by John Scalzi

    Monsters of Ohio

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$16.69
    • Reviews-

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  4. The Shattering Peace: Old Man's War Book 7 book cover by John Scalzi

    The Shattering Peace: Old Man's War Book 7

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews4,504

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  5. Old Man's War book cover by John Scalzi

    Old Man's War

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews32,635

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  6. The Last Colony (Old Man's War Book 3) book cover by John Scalzi

    The Last Colony (Old Man's War Book 3)

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews15,371

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  7. 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport) book cover by John Scalzi

    3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport)

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews10,929

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  8. Old Man's War book cover by John Scalzi

    Old Man's War

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$17.69
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews32,628

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  9. The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War Book 2) book cover by John Scalzi

    The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War Book 2)

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews20,119

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  10. When the Moon Hits Your Eye book cover by John Scalzi

    When the Moon Hits Your Eye

    by John Scalzi

    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews3,405

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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.