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.

AIReaders

Genres

Rankings by category

AllFictionLiteratureMystery, Thriller & HorrorRomanceScience Fiction & FantasyBiography & MemoirHistoryTeen & YAKids

Readers

Top 100

AI-rated books: 29. Reader-ranked books: 1.

#1

Virus: Stockholm: Book 1

7.6/10

Author: Daniel Åberg

Setting: Stockholm, Sweden

AI #20 (7.4/10) · Readers #1

World8/10Rules7/10Imagination7/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10

Criteria

Science Fiction & Fantasy

World

Originality and appeal of the imagined world.

Rules

Consistency of magic, technology, mythology, or unusual laws.

Imagination

Scale of ideas and sense of wonder.

Characters

People who feel believable inside an extraordinary reality.

Stakes

Emotional and narrative weight of the adventure.