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Richard Kurin: Amazon KDP author data

Richard Kurin has 7 books on Amazon, 7 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #8), mostly in Rocks & Minerals, Americana, Evolution.

7Books on Amazon
7Listed in 30 days
4.7Average rating
Median price$20.99
Price range (middle 50%)$14.99 – $28.65
Median reviews55
Total reviews650
New books (30 days)2
Breakout books (30 days)2

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  • 100% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.

Richard Kurin's best-ranked books

  1. History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery book cover by Richard Kurin

    History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$28.31
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews49
    • Published2026-09

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  2. History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery book cover by Richard Kurin

    History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews49
    • Published2026-09

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  3. Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem book cover by Richard Kurin

    Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews55

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  4. The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects book cover by Richard Kurin

    The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$35.95
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews220

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  5. The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects book cover by Richard Kurin

    The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews220

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  6. Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian book cover by Richard Kurin

    Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$20.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews2

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  7. Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem book cover by Richard Kurin

    Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem

    by Richard Kurin

    • Price$28.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews55

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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.