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Vaclav Smil: Amazon KDP author data
Vaclav Smil has 62 books on Amazon, 46 of them on a best-seller list in the last 30 days (best rank #1), mostly in Energy & Mining, Applied, Probability & Statistics.
62Books on Amazon
46Listed in 30 days
4.4Average rating
| Median price | $15.99 |
|---|---|
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.91 – $27.55 |
| Median reviews | 136 |
| Total reviews | 51,076 |
| New books (30 days) | 2 |
| Breakout books (30 days) | 1 |
What stands out
- 74% of the catalog made a best-seller list in the last 30 days: the whole backlist sells, not one hit.
- Median price $15.99, 17% below the median of their main category, Energy & Mining.
Vaclav Smil's best-ranked books
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Energy and Civilization: A History
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,232
- Published2017-05
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Oil: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews512
- Published2017-11
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Oil: A Beginner's Guide
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews512
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Numbers Tell Stories: How Data Can Reveal the Surprising Truths about Our World from the Bestselling Author
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$14.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
- Published2026-10
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Os números não mentem: 71 histórias para entender o mundo (Portuguese Edition)
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews685
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Speed: How it Explains the World from the Bestselling Author
by Vaclav Smil
- Price-
- Rating4.3
- Reviews45
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How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
by Vaclav Smil
- Price-
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,142
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Energy: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews984
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Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
by Vaclav Smil
- Price-
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,666
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Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
by Vaclav Smil
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,666
Main categories
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.