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Richard Wright: Amazon KDP author data

As of Nov 6, 2026, Richard Wright has 12 books on Amazon, 11 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in West Africa, South Africa, Sociology.

12Books on Amazon
11Listed in 30 days
4.6Average rating
Median price$10.91
Price range (middle 50%)$8.68 – $12.93
Median reviews3,177
Total reviews13,602
New books (30 days)0
Breakout books (30 days)0

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What stands out

  • Amazon lists 2 author pages (separate Author IDs) under this name; this page combines them.
  • 92% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $10.91, 38% below the median of their main category, West Africa.

Richard Wright's best-ranked books

  1. Black Boy: A searing memoir of poverty, hunger, and defiance in Jim Crow Mississippi―one b book cover by Richard Wright

    Black Boy: A searing memoir of poverty, hunger, and defiance in Jim Crow Mississippi―one boy's harrowing journey north to Chicago

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$9.58
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,096

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  2. Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Seminal American Literary Memoir of Strug book cover by Richard Wright

    Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition]: A Seminal American Literary Memoir of Struggle and Survival in the Jim Crow South

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews3,096
    • Published2020-02

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  3. Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon book cover by Richard Wright

    Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews211

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  4. Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen book cover by Richard Wright

    Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen!

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews75

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  5. Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon book cover by Richard Wright

    Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$11.89
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews211

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  6. Rite of Passage: A Dramatic Young Adult Story of Foster Family, Shattered World, and Survi book cover by Richard Wright

    Rite of Passage: A Dramatic Young Adult Story of Foster Family, Shattered World, and Survival

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$8.55
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews96

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  7. Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen book cover by Richard Wright

    Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen! (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$13.98
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews75

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  8. Native Son: The Beloved Classic Novel by one of America's Greatest Writers (Perennial Clas book cover by Richard Wright

    Native Son: The Beloved Classic Novel by one of America's Greatest Writers (Perennial Classics)

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews3,259

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  9. The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference (Banner Books) book cover by Richard Wright

    The Color Curtain: A Report on the Bandung Conference (Banner Books)

    by Richard Wright

    • Price-
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews2

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  10. Native Son book cover by Richard Wright

    Native Son

    by Richard Wright

    • Price$12.24
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews3,258

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FAQ

How many books does Richard Wright have on Amazon?

KDPTop tracks 12 of their books; 11 made an Amazon list in the last 30 days.

Which categories does Richard Wright publish in?

Their books chart most often in West Africa, South Africa, Sociology.

How does Richard Wright price their books?

The median price is $10.91; half of the books cost $8.68–$12.93.

Has Richard Wright released new books recently?

0 new books in the last 30 days.

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.