files/thumbnails/edbe38de-ad96-11dd-a0aa-000255111976.png 2007-02-19T17:16:00-05:00 89ade5ae107f4d060110937bca8c05f9 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc13c7bb01da 1 5 0.67 6 4.0 2010-01-27T11:25:55-05:00 As much a parlor game as a visualization! Read the comments. 2007-02-19T17:16:00-05:00 89ade5ae107f4d060110937bca8c05f9 true edc34202ad9611dda0aa000255111976 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc13c7c301dc Bookmark 2008-11-08T10:53:45-05:00 Lots of Tolkien, a few by Austen, another few by Dan Brown, but looks like Rowling still takes the cake. 2007-02-19T17:18:57-05:00 89ade5ae107f4d060110937bca8c05f9 false 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc160fa001e1 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc160fa801e2 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:43-05:00 I have read 40 of these. I guess I have normal taste in books! The ones in orange are the ones I have *not* read yet. 2007-02-19T17:21:43-05:00 89a1c8b71009510801100c6d76f50002 false 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc18980a01e7 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc18981201e8 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:43-05:00 Compare this with a <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/S0H5nEsOtha6l5EYG70rE2-">visualization of Project Gutenberg downloads</a>. 2007-02-19T17:34:58-05:00 89a1c8b71009510801100c6d76f50002 false 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc24b7f101fc 89ade5ae10cc74c20110dc24b7f901fd Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:43-05:00 I've read 23 of them - a bit depressing, I thought I would have read a lot more than that. Also seems I have missed all the "classics" and read all the modern "children's" books! 2007-02-20T07:33:43-05:00 89ade5ae10cc74c20110df1e38e80225 false 89ade5ae10cc74c20110df249c890226 89ade5ae10cc74c20110df249c910227 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Tagging material read seemed fun, so here's what I've read. 2007-02-20T23:15:39-05:00 89ade5ae10a2cb5f0110b1d72a83044c false 89ade5ae10cc74c20110e282fd05035f 89ade5ae10cc74c20110e282fd0d0360 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Martin, I don't think these books are strongly correlated with "normal" taste. :) Best sellers are well-represented, but the long tail (or "big hump" in the histogram below) is solidly in the "people who are on the Internet and likely to use LibraryThing" category, e.g. Tolkein, Wicked, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and Neil Gaiman, Ender's Game, etc. <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/view/SdJOtEsOtha6w_U9QRttE2-" style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"> <img src="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/static-resources/snapshot/89ade5ae10e5a5690110e7975c2e007c.jpeg" id="$ManyEyesThumbnail" style="border-style: solid solid none; border-color: rgb(175, 117, 93) rgb(175, 117, 93) -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1px 1px 0pt; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;" alt=""> <img style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: block; position: relative; top: -5px;" src="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/images2/blog_this_caption.jpg" id="Any_0_0"> </a> 2007-02-21T22:57:02-05:00 89a1c8b71007c5dd011008b1c8d90001 false 89ade5ae10e5a5690110e7984b410081 89ade5ae10e5a5690110e7984b490082 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Here is what I have read, although I think I am going to pick up some of the books I have seen on this chart. :) 2007-02-22T15:55:45-05:00 false 89ade5ae10e5a5690110eb3cf493010c 89ade5ae10e5a5690110eb3cf49c010d Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Nice histogram, Matt. Yes, I believe your analysis is correct: this is definitely a representation of LibraryThing users, not the population in general. And since everyone else was doing it, I highlighted books I've read. Note that The Lord of the Rings trilogy appears both as a collection and as separate volumes. Tolkien would have a much higher standing if these were combined. 2007-02-23T10:53:11-05:00 89ade5ae107f4d060110937bca8c05f9 false 89ade5ae10eba65d0110ef4e518f005d 89ade5ae10eba65d0110ef4e51a9005e Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Makes me want to read the ones I've missed! 2007-02-26T16:14:38-05:00 false 89ade5ae10eff0f00110ffe7b1c701f2 89ade5ae10eff0f00110ffe7b1e801f3 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 orange = one's I have read several of the others are sitting on my bookshelf waiting for me to start them, this has inspired me to fish them out! 2007-02-27T23:17:40-05:00 false 89ade5ae10eff0f0011106915a1c0389 89ade5ae10eff0f0011106915a24038a Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Fascinating! I've orange-tagged the ones I've read as well. I look forward to getting to know Many Eyes, seems like it's got some great potential. 2007-02-28T10:03:49-05:00 false 89ade5ae10eff0f0011108e0e96a03f6 89ade5ae10eff0f0011108e0e98e03f7 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Wow - I'm amazingly average in my reading tastes. 2007-02-28T16:13:23-05:00 false 89ade5ae10eff0f001110a33449404d4 89ade5ae10eff0f001110a33449c04d5 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Very interesting. I did not include ones I started and never finished but was surprised at how many I had done on this list. 2007-02-28T19:54:27-05:00 false 89ade5ae10eff0f001110afda735055d 89ade5ae10eff0f001110afda73d055e Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:44-05:00 Mine looks like an orange circle surrounded by a ring of blue, but if my husband highlighted the ones he has read, his would be nearly the inverse (blue with a ring of orange) since he won't read Harry Potter. 2007-03-01T16:08:53-05:00 89ade5ae110dd6f401110f4e6eb500c9 false 89ade5ae110dd6f401110f557fbe00ca 89ade5ae110dd6f401110f557fc600cb Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 hmm... all of these I have either read or have been meaning to read... ^_^ 2007-03-01T19:00:47-05:00 false 89ade5ae110dd6f401110ff2e2c00108 89ade5ae110dd6f401110ff2e2c80109 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 Well, I've read a few of them... And here's my library thing profile: http://www.librarything.com/profile/trantjd 2007-03-06T19:54:18-05:00 false 89ade5ae112937d8011129e3ae11013c 89ade5ae112937d8011129e3ae1e013d Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 Funny to find Strange&Norrell there -- never realized it was so popular. Erik Postma. 2007-03-07T02:34:16-05:00 false 89ade5ae112937d801112b51daef02d6 89ade5ae112937d801112b51daf702d7 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 Another snapshot that looks like everyone else's. :) A number of the classics I have read part of or own but haven't read yet. 2007-03-08T23:54:03-05:00 false 89ade5ae112de16d0111350be2cb0509 89ade5ae112de16d0111350be2d3050a Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 Such a nice idea. I'm currently fascinated by works of Haruki Murakami, and not even one of his books has made it to this list... :( 2007-03-18T09:29:22-04:00 false 89ade5ae114b6bd50111653cea1209fd 89ade5ae114b6bd50111653cea2209fe Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 I've only read 9 out of these (in orange) 2007-06-18T11:40:31-04:00 89ade5ae117638d20111dbfbdc3215fa false 89ade5ae133f553501133f7e0aae0083 89ade5ae133f553501133f7e0d3c0084 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 I've only read 14, but I'm happy some of my favorite books are in here. As for Murakami, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles" is excellent and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 2007-07-20T14:17:00-04:00 89ade5ae138e004a0113973bff77031c false 89ade5ae13e084e70113e4d929ab0125 89ade5ae13e084e70113e4d92c0c0126 Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00 Here are the ones I've read! My tastes definitely seem to be similar to many of those on LibraryThing. 2008-10-26T09:51:11-04:00 89ade5ae17f4704b0117f6ee5cb1027f false 89ade5ae1d2998b0011d396c32bb09ea 89ade5ae1d2998b0011d396c350b09eb Bookmark 2008-11-08T08:12:45-05:00