#1
Small Favor
8/10Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #1
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
AI vs Readers
Top books: Science Fiction & Fantasy
AI scores each book across five 10-point criteria. Readers vote on the same scale, so the algorithmic and reader rankings can sit side by side.
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Rankings by category
AI
Top 100
AI-rated books: 29. Reader-ranked books: 1.
#2
Setting: Cambridge, Massachusetts
AI #2
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#3
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #3
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#4
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
AI #4
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#5
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #5
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#6
Setting: Manchester, England
AI #6
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters7/10Stakes8/10
#7
Rosemary's Baby
7.8/10Setting: Manhattan, New York City
AI #7
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes7/10
#8
Setting: Oxford, England
AI #8
World7/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#9
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
AI #9
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes7/10
#10
Setting: Edinburgh, Scotland
AI #10
World8/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#11
Setting: San Francisco, California
AI #11
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes8/10
#12
Darkfever
7.6/10Setting: Dublin, Ireland
AI #12
World7/10Rules8/10Imagination7/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#13
Battle Ground
7.6/10Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #13
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes8/10
#14
Turn Coat
7.6/10Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #14
World8/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#15
Death Masks
7.6/10Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #15
World7/10Rules7/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#16
Setting: Sleepy Hollow, New York
AI #16
World7/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes7/10
#17
Setting: Oxford, England
AI #17
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters7/10Stakes7/10
#18
Blood Rites
7.4/10Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #18
World7/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#19
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #19
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes7/10
#20
Virus: Stockholm: Book 1
7.4/10Setting: Stockholm, Sweden
AI #20 · Readers #1 (7.6/10)
World8/10Rules7/10Imagination8/10Characters7/10Stakes7/10
#21
Setting: Charleston, South Carolina
AI #21
World8/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters8/10Stakes7/10
#22
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
AI #22
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#23
White Night
7.2/10Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #23
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#24
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #24
World8/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes7/10
#25
Setting: Toronto, Ontario
AI #25
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#26
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #26
World7/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes8/10
#27
Recursion: A Novel
7.2/10Setting: New York City, New York
AI #27
World7/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes8/10
#28
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #28
World7/10Rules7/10Imagination8/10Characters7/10Stakes7/10
#29
The Amalfi Curse
7.2/10Setting: Positano, Italy
AI #29
World7/10Rules8/10Imagination7/10Characters7/10Stakes7/10
Criteria
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Originality and appeal of the imagined world.
Consistency of magic, technology, mythology, or unusual laws.
Scale of ideas and sense of wonder.
People who feel believable inside an extraordinary reality.
Emotional and narrative weight of the adventure.