Interesting Library Thing unsuggestions
Sep. 16th, 2007 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Having got myself a Library Thing (www.librarything.com) account, I thought it best to start reviewing some books. So I put up my review of Y: the descent of man by Steve Jones. I just couldn't resist trying the Unsuggestion software. I must say I'm amused by the results:
The top 10 unsuggestions:
Naked by David Sedaris (expected 12.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
Charlotte's web by E. B. White (expected 11.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (expected 11.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom (expected 11.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
My sister's keeper : a novel by Jodi Picoult (expected 10.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The devil wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (expected 9.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The shining by Stephen King (expected 9.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
A storm of swords by George R.R. Martin (expected 8.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic by Stephen R. Covey (expected 8.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (expected 8.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
So mostly the unsuggestions seem to be women's/chick lit, fantasy novels and management gobbledegook. I am amused because the other book I've reviewed so far was a fantasy book.
The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards (expected 8.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
The other Boleyn girl by Philippa Gregory (expected 8, found 0; unsuggestions)
A feast for crows by George R.R. Martin (expected 7.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (expected 7.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The firm by John Grisham (expected 7.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (expected 7.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Confessions of an ugly stepsister by Gregory Maguire (expected 7.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls (expected 7.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
Notes from the underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (expected 7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The great divorce by C. S. Lewis (expected 7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The purpose-driven life : what on earth am I here for? by Rick Warren (expected 7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
The road by Cormac McCarthy (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
The stand : the complete & uncut edition by Stephen King (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Joy of cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Prodigal summer : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver (expected 6.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
A little princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (expected 6.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (expected 6.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Cell : a novel by Stephen King (expected 6.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Diary : a novel by Chuck Palahniuk (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Invisible monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Lamb : the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal by Christopher Moore (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The mammoth hunters by Jean M. Auel (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Misery by Stephen King (expected 6.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
The pelican brief by John Grisham (expected 6.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
One for the money by Janet Evanovich (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
Anthem by Ayn Rand (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The things they carried by Tim O'Brien (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The bean trees : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The thirteenth tale : a novel by Diane Setterfield (expected 6.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak (expected 6.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
[No title] (expected 6.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
Carrie by Stephen King (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
Holidays on ice by David Sedaris (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The client by John Grisham (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The rainmaker by John Grisham (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The notebook by Nicholas Sparks (expected 6.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
The eyes of the dragon : a story by Stephen King (expected 6.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (expected 6.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
The runaway jury by John Grisham (expected 6, found 0; unsuggestions)
A time to kill by John Grisham (expected 6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The history of love by Nicole Krauss (expected 5.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Needful things by Stephen King (expected 5.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Dharma bums by Jack Kerouac (expected 5.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Stitch 'n bitch : the knitter's handbook by Debbie Stoller (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
MLA handbook for writers of research papers by Joseph Gibaldi (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The talisman by Stephen King (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Everything's eventual : 14 dark tales by Stephen King (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Dragonfly in amber by Diana Gabaldon (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Red dragon by Thomas Harris (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters and Seymour--an introduction by J.D. Salinger (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Testament by John Grisham (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Andromeda strain by Michael Crichton (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The bonesetter's daughter by Amy Tan (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Barrel fever : stories and essays by David Sedaris (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
A moveable feast by Ernest Hemingway (expected 5.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Still life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins (expected 5.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Blue like jazz : nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality by Donald Miller (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
A light in the attic by Shel Silverstein (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Prep : a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
State of Fear by Michael Crichton (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Although they're much the same and mostly seem to hate-on Stephen King, George RR Martin and Michael Chrichton. And children's stories.
The top 10 unsuggestions:
Naked by David Sedaris (expected 12.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
Charlotte's web by E. B. White (expected 11.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (expected 11.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom (expected 11.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
My sister's keeper : a novel by Jodi Picoult (expected 10.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The devil wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (expected 9.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The shining by Stephen King (expected 9.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
A storm of swords by George R.R. Martin (expected 8.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic by Stephen R. Covey (expected 8.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (expected 8.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
So mostly the unsuggestions seem to be women's/chick lit, fantasy novels and management gobbledegook. I am amused because the other book I've reviewed so far was a fantasy book.
The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards (expected 8.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
The other Boleyn girl by Philippa Gregory (expected 8, found 0; unsuggestions)
A feast for crows by George R.R. Martin (expected 7.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (expected 7.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The firm by John Grisham (expected 7.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (expected 7.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Confessions of an ugly stepsister by Gregory Maguire (expected 7.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The glass castle : a memoir by Jeannette Walls (expected 7.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
Notes from the underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (expected 7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The great divorce by C. S. Lewis (expected 7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The purpose-driven life : what on earth am I here for? by Rick Warren (expected 7, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
The road by Cormac McCarthy (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
The stand : the complete & uncut edition by Stephen King (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Joy of cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (expected 6.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Prodigal summer : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver (expected 6.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
A little princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (expected 6.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (expected 6.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Cell : a novel by Stephen King (expected 6.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Diary : a novel by Chuck Palahniuk (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Invisible monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Lamb : the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal by Christopher Moore (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The mammoth hunters by Jean M. Auel (expected 6.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Misery by Stephen King (expected 6.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
The pelican brief by John Grisham (expected 6.5, found 0; unsuggestions)
One for the money by Janet Evanovich (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
Anthem by Ayn Rand (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The things they carried by Tim O'Brien (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The bean trees : a novel by Barbara Kingsolver (expected 6.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
The thirteenth tale : a novel by Diane Setterfield (expected 6.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak (expected 6.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
[No title] (expected 6.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
Carrie by Stephen King (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
Holidays on ice by David Sedaris (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The client by John Grisham (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The rainmaker by John Grisham (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (expected 6.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
The notebook by Nicholas Sparks (expected 6.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
The eyes of the dragon : a story by Stephen King (expected 6.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (expected 6.1, found 0; unsuggestions)
The runaway jury by John Grisham (expected 6, found 0; unsuggestions)
A time to kill by John Grisham (expected 6, found 0; unsuggestions)
The history of love by Nicole Krauss (expected 5.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Needful things by Stephen King (expected 5.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Dharma bums by Jack Kerouac (expected 5.9, found 0; unsuggestions)
Stitch 'n bitch : the knitter's handbook by Debbie Stoller (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
MLA handbook for writers of research papers by Joseph Gibaldi (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The talisman by Stephen King (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Everything's eventual : 14 dark tales by Stephen King (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Dragonfly in amber by Diana Gabaldon (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Red dragon by Thomas Harris (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters and Seymour--an introduction by J.D. Salinger (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Testament by John Grisham (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The Andromeda strain by Michael Crichton (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
The bonesetter's daughter by Amy Tan (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
Barrel fever : stories and essays by David Sedaris (expected 5.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
A moveable feast by Ernest Hemingway (expected 5.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Still life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins (expected 5.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
Blue like jazz : nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality by Donald Miller (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
A light in the attic by Shel Silverstein (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Prep : a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
State of Fear by Michael Crichton (expected 5.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
Although they're much the same and mostly seem to hate-on Stephen King, George RR Martin and Michael Chrichton. And children's stories.
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Date: 2007-09-16 08:46 pm (UTC)What I find really surprising is that there are no evangelical Christianity books on that list. Are they all secretly reading about genetics, I wonder???