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
PrimaryThese are the rankings for October 2024
Published: October 05, 2024November 2024
The Rankings for November 2024
2024 Fall V4
the next rankings with 9 new lists. No changes to the algorithm
Published: September 30, 2024List Limits
list limits test
2024 Fall V3
Archivedfixed a bug where ranked lists with not many books were getting too many points.
Published: August 21, 20242024 Fall V2
ArchivedThis 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, 20242024 Fall V1
Archivedadded multiple really good lists
Published: August 09, 2024List Dates V7
Archivedthe next rankings
List Dates V6
Archivednew lists, slight algorithm adjustments
Published: August 04, 2024List Dates V5
Archivednew rankings with new lists
Published: July 24, 2024List Dates v4
ArchivedThe Next Rankings with additional lists. I slightly adjusted the max penality percentage for list/book page from 80% to 70%
Published: July 22, 2024List Dates v3
Archivedadded the new NYTimes top books of the 21st century
Published: July 12, 2024List Dates v2
ArchivedSame as List Dates v1, but with more lists
Published: July 07, 2024List Dates v1
ArchivedThis ranking introduces the new list dates penalty feature
Published: July 02, 2024V16
Archivedadded 5 new lists
Published: May 15, 2024V15
Archivedadded 8~ new lists, and made minor adjustments to the algorithm
Published: May 05, 2024V14
ArchivedAdded 4 new lists, and adjusted the algorithm a tiny bit
Published: May 03, 2024v13
Archivedmodified 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, 2024V12
Archivedadded 2 new high quality lists
Published: April 25, 2024V11
Archivedadded 8 new lists
Published: April 20, 2024V10
ArchivedAdded 5 new lists
Published: April 19, 2024V9
Archivedadded 4 more lists and adjusted the algorithm the bit
Published: April 14, 2024V8
ArchivedPending new configuration that has major effects on the rankings. All books less than 50 years old will have an age penalty
Published: April 13, 2024V7
Archivedadded a handful of new lists
Published: April 09, 2024V6
ArchivedAdded a new highly ranked list
Published: April 06, 2024V5
ArchivedAdded 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read from the Guardian, which is a pretty nice list with a ton of books.
Published: April 03, 2024V4
ArchivedAdded 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, 2024V3
ArchivedImproved 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