Really interesting and quite surprising! I would love to delve further into this and see more breakdowns by country, and be able to separate fiction and non-fiction, but for an amateur blog this...
Really interesting and quite surprising! I would love to delve further into this and see more breakdowns by country, and be able to separate fiction and non-fiction, but for an amateur blog this is a great snapshot.
Most interested to see that I hadn’t heard of any of the top books, and have only heard of (but never read) one of the authors - Brandon Sanderson. And I’ve only heard of him because of reddit
Popularity doesn't necesarily mean excellence, but for someone looking for books from obscure countries, or just an interesting read, this could be a good source. Edit, I guess the point I was...
Popularity doesn't necesarily mean excellence, but for someone looking for books from obscure countries, or just an interesting read, this could be a good source.
Edit, I guess the point I was trying to make is that the books have to be both good and less controversial than others. Many brilliant authors also have readers who hate their work.
Oh for sure, definitely interesting! Like you say it highlights the difference between excellence (which media releases and critics would tend to focus on, hence you hear about more) and...
Oh for sure, definitely interesting! Like you say it highlights the difference between excellence (which media releases and critics would tend to focus on, hence you hear about more) and popularity. Also good point about controversiality!
Logically you can parse why you might not have heard of the highest rated, but it’s still surprising at first glance.
I suspect JK Rowling would have been first in the uk if her opinions had been kept to herself. I think a lot of her low star reviews are from people judging the author rather than the work. Goodreads is still a decent source for this kind of list, I think, but there may be other cases like this which slightly skew the result.
Really interesting and quite surprising! I would love to delve further into this and see more breakdowns by country, and be able to separate fiction and non-fiction, but for an amateur blog this is a great snapshot.
Most interested to see that I hadn’t heard of any of the top books, and have only heard of (but never read) one of the authors - Brandon Sanderson. And I’ve only heard of him because of reddit
Popularity doesn't necesarily mean excellence, but for someone looking for books from obscure countries, or just an interesting read, this could be a good source.
Edit, I guess the point I was trying to make is that the books have to be both good and less controversial than others. Many brilliant authors also have readers who hate their work.
Oh for sure, definitely interesting! Like you say it highlights the difference between excellence (which media releases and critics would tend to focus on, hence you hear about more) and popularity. Also good point about controversiality!
Logically you can parse why you might not have heard of the highest rated, but it’s still surprising at first glance.
I suspect JK Rowling would have been first in the uk if her opinions had been kept to herself. I think a lot of her low star reviews are from people judging the author rather than the work. Goodreads is still a decent source for this kind of list, I think, but there may be other cases like this which slightly skew the result.
Having just 1 book for India is like having 1 book representing Europe. Almost every unique language in India has its own literature.
That is a very fair criticism. It is far from a perfect analysis. As @agnesnutter wrote, it was done by an amateur.