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Sam Wasson: Amazon KDP author data

Sam Wasson has 17 books on Amazon, 17 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Movie Directors, History & Criticism, Performing Arts.

17Books on Amazon
17Listed in 30 days
4.5Average rating
Median price$11.79
Price range (middle 50%)$10.17 – $19
Median reviews387
Total reviews9,650
New books (30 days)4
Breakout books (30 days)2

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What stands out

  • 100% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
  • Median price $11.79, 30% below the median of their main category, Movie Directors.
  • 4 new books in the last 30 days, 2 of them broke into a Best Sellers list.

Sam Wasson's best-ranked books

  1. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood book cover by Sam Wasson

    The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,741

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  2. Fosse book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fosse

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$10.89
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews622
    • Published2013-11

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  3. Frank Capra: A Life book cover by Sam Wasson

    Frank Capra: A Life

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$36.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews1

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  4. Frank Capra: A Life book cover by Sam Wasson

    Frank Capra: A Life

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$14.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews1
    • Published2026-10

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  5. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern W book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman – The New York Times Bestselling Film History of an Iconic Cultural Landmark

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews1,117

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  6. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern W book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$19.42
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews1,117

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  7. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern W book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews1,117

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  8. Fosse: The Definitive Biography of the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-Winner―A Complex Life o book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fosse: The Definitive Biography of the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-Winner―A Complex Life of Deep Wounds and Insatiable Appetites

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$11.46
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews622

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  9. Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art – A Pop Culture History and Biography of C book cover by Sam Wasson

    Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art – A Pop Culture History and Biography of Comedy's Legendary Pioneers

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews113

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  10. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern W book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

    by Sam Wasson

    • Price$18.89
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews1,116

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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.