Ranking Configurations

Ranking Configurations are versions of our book rankings tailored to specific criteria or algorithms. They allow users to access historical rankings and explore different algorithm configurations.

Key Points:

  • Each ranking configuration represents a unique snapshot of our book rankings.
  • Whenever we introduce new lists or adjust ranking algorithms, a new configuration is created.
  • Users can revisit older configurations to track their reading progress.
  • New lists and books will not be updated to archived ranking configurations.
  • Click on the ranking configurations below and explore!

October 2024
Primary

These are the rankings for October 2024

Published: October 05, 2024
November 2024

The Rankings for November 2024

2024 Fall V4

the next rankings with 9 new lists. No changes to the algorithm

Published: September 30, 2024
List Limits

list limits test

2024 Fall V3
Archived

fixed a bug where ranked lists with not many books were getting too many points.

Published: August 21, 2024
2024 Fall V2
Archived

This is a major update. I re-evaluated a lot of the penalties and converted them to percentages instead of just points. I removed the min-max normalization which was boosting a lot of lists unnecessarily, and added over 10 high quality lists.

Published: August 15, 2024
2024 Fall V1
Archived

added multiple really good lists

Published: August 09, 2024
List Dates V7
Archived

the next rankings

List Dates V6
Archived

new lists, slight algorithm adjustments

Published: August 04, 2024
List Dates V5
Archived

new rankings with new lists

Published: July 24, 2024
List Dates v4
Archived

The Next Rankings with additional lists. I slightly adjusted the max penality percentage for list/book page from 80% to 70%

Published: July 22, 2024
List Dates v3
Archived

added the new NYTimes top books of the 21st century

Published: July 12, 2024
List Dates v2
Archived

Same as List Dates v1, but with more lists

Published: July 07, 2024
List Dates v1
Archived

This ranking introduces the new list dates penalty feature

Published: July 02, 2024
V16
Archived

added 5 new lists

Published: May 15, 2024
V15
Archived

added 8~ new lists, and made minor adjustments to the algorithm

Published: May 05, 2024
V14
Archived

Added 4 new lists, and adjusted the algorithm a tiny bit

Published: May 03, 2024
v13
Archived

modified the rankings algorithm a tiny bit to penalize lists with only 1 voter more, and increased penalty for lists that are too western focused. added 5~ more lists.

Published: April 29, 2024
V12
Archived

added 2 new high quality lists

Published: April 25, 2024
V11
Archived

added 8 new lists

Published: April 20, 2024
V10
Archived

Added 5 new lists

Published: April 19, 2024
V9
Archived

added 4 more lists and adjusted the algorithm the bit

Published: April 14, 2024
V8
Archived

Pending new configuration that has major effects on the rankings. All books less than 50 years old will have an age penalty

Published: April 13, 2024
V7
Archived

added a handful of new lists

Published: April 09, 2024
V6
Archived

Added a new highly ranked list

Published: April 06, 2024
V5
Archived

Added 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read from the Guardian, which is a pretty nice list with a ton of books.

Published: April 03, 2024
V4
Archived

Added the new Bulgarian little read list, and made adjustments to the algorithm. decreased the minimum capped value of a list to -100 instead of -50

Published: April 02, 2024
V3
Archived

Improved the weights of many lists using feature/min max scaling, adjust a few other things to make the rankings more accurate. I also added 3 new lists.

Published: March 31, 2024
V2
Archived

Published: February 28, 2024