AI vs Readers

Top books: Fiction

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.

AI Readers

Genres

Rankings by category

All Fiction Literature Mystery, Thriller & Horror Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Biography & Memoir History Teen & YA Kids

Top 100

AI-rated books: 18. Reader-ranked books: 0.

Once We Were Here

8/10

Author: Christopher Cosmos

Setting: Athens, Greece

AI #1

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

It Starts with Us: A Novel

8/10

Author: Colleen Hoover

Setting: Boston, Massachusetts

AI #2

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

The Dutch House: A Novel

8/10

Author: Ann Patchett

Setting: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

AI #3

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

Demon Copperhead: A Novel

8/10

Author: Barbara Kingsolver

Setting: Lee County, Virginia

AI #4

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

It Ends With Us

8/10

Author: Colleen Hoover

Setting: Boston, Massachusetts

AI #5

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

Kindred

7.8/10

Author: Octavia E. Butler

Setting: Maryland, United States

AI #6

Prose8/10Psychology7/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

Amazing Grace Adams

7.6/10

Author: Fran Littlewood

Setting: London, England

AI #7

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships8/10Theme7/10Staying power7/10

The Briar Club: A Novel

7.6/10

Author: Kate Quinn

Setting: Washington, DC

AI #8

Prose8/10Psychology7/10Relationships8/10Theme7/10Staying power8/10

A Little Life: A Novel

7.6/10

Author: Hanya Yanagihara

Setting: New York City, New York

AI #9

Prose7/10Psychology7/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

#10

Then She Was Gone: A Novel

7.6/10

Author: Lisa Jewell

Setting: London, England

AI #10

Prose7/10Psychology7/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power8/10

#11

Lessons in Chemistry

7.4/10

Author: Bonnie Garmus

Setting: Southern California

AI #11

Prose8/10Psychology8/10Relationships7/10Theme7/10Staying power7/10

#12

The English Masterpiece: A Novel

7.4/10

Author: Katherine Reay

Setting: London, England

AI #12

Prose7/10Psychology8/10Relationships7/10Theme7/10Staying power8/10

#13

The Great Divide: A Novel

7.4/10

Author: Cristina Henriquez

Setting: Panama Canal, Panama

AI #13

Prose8/10Psychology7/10Relationships7/10Theme7/10Staying power8/10

#14

The Lion Women of Tehran

7.4/10

Author: Marjan Kamali

Setting: Tehran, Iran

AI #14

Prose7/10Psychology7/10Relationships8/10Theme8/10Staying power7/10

#15

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

7.2/10

Author: Lisa Wingate

Setting: Memphis, Tennessee

AI #15

Prose7/10Psychology7/10Relationships7/10Theme8/10Staying power7/10

#16

East Of Eden

7.2/10

Author: John Steinbeck

Setting: Salinas Valley, California

AI #16

Prose7/10Psychology7/10Relationships8/10Theme7/10Staying power7/10

#17

The Frozen River: A Novel

7.2/10

Author: Ariel Lawhon

Setting: Hallowell, Maine

AI #17

Prose8/10Psychology7/10Relationships7/10Theme7/10Staying power7/10

#18

Litany of Lies

7.2/10

Author: Sarah Hawkswood

Setting: Worcester, England

AI #18

Prose7/10Psychology7/10Relationships7/10Theme7/10Staying power8/10

Criteria

Fiction

Prose

Style, sentences, and literary quality.

Psychology

Inner truth of characters and their decisions.

Relationships

Depth of bonds, conflicts, and everyday tensions.

Theme

Strength of observation and the chosen human problem.

Staying power

Whether the book keeps working in the reader after the last page.