#1
Number the Stars
8.8/10Category: Kids
Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark
AI #1
Age fit9/10Delight9/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters9/10
AI vs Readers
Top books by AI
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.
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Rankings by category
AI
Top 100
AI-rated books: 348. Reader-ranked books: 0.
#2
Les Misérables
8.8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Paris, France
AI #2
Young voice9/10Emotional truth8/10Pace9/10Coming of age9/10Freshness9/10
#3
Category: Kids
Setting: Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
AI #3
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters9/10
#4
#5
Out of the Easy
8.6/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana
AI #5
Young voice9/10Emotional truth8/10Pace9/10Coming of age8/10Freshness9/10
#6
Clockwork Prince
8.6/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: London, England
AI #6
Young voice9/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age9/10Freshness9/10
#7
#8
Paper Towns
8.6/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Orlando, Florida
AI #8
Young voice8/10Emotional truth9/10Pace9/10Coming of age8/10Freshness9/10
#9
City of Ashes
8.6/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #9
Young voice9/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age9/10Freshness9/10
#10
The Outsiders
8.6/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Tulsa, Oklahoma
AI #10
Young voice9/10Emotional truth9/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness9/10
#11
We're All Wonders
8.4/10Category: Kids
Setting: New York City
AI #11
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#12
Category: Kids
Setting: Klickitat Street, Portland, Oregon
AI #12
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#13
The One and Only Ivan
8.4/10Category: Kids
Setting: Tacoma, Washington
AI #13
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth8/10Wisdom8/10Characters9/10
#14
Where the Red Fern Grows
8.4/10Category: Kids
Setting: Ozark Mountains, northeastern Oklahoma
AI #14
Age fit8/10Delight9/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#15
Category: Kids
Setting: Pepin, Wisconsin
AI #15
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#16
Anne of Green Gables
8.4/10Category: Kids
Setting: Green Gables Heritage Place, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
AI #16
Age fit9/10Delight9/10Warmth8/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#17
Category: Kids
Setting: Independence, Kansas
AI #17
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#18
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: London, England
AI #18
Young voice9/10Emotional truth9/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#19
Turtles All the Way Down
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Indianapolis, Indiana
AI #19
Young voice8/10Emotional truth9/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness9/10
#20
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #20
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace9/10Coming of age9/10Freshness8/10
#21
I Must Betray You
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Bucharest, Romania
AI #21
Young voice9/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age9/10Freshness8/10
#22
The Fault in Our Stars
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Indianapolis, Indiana
AI #22
Young voice8/10Emotional truth9/10Pace8/10Coming of age9/10Freshness8/10
#23
What If It's Us
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #23
Young voice9/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness9/10
#24
Little Women
8.4/10Category: Kids
Setting: Concord, Massachusetts
AI #24
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth9/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#25
City of Bones
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #25
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age9/10Freshness9/10
#26
They Both Die at the End
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #26
Young voice8/10Emotional truth9/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness9/10
#27
#28
#29
Breaking Dawn
8.4/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Forks, Washington
AI #29
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace9/10Coming of age9/10Freshness8/10
#30
#31
#32
Category: History
Setting: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
AI #32
Sweep9/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action9/10Epic finish8/10
#33
Category: History
Setting: Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AI #33
Sweep8/10Adventure9/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish9/10
#34
Northanger Abbey
8.4/10Category: Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Setting: Bath, England
AI #34
Plot8/10Tension9/10Clues8/10Investigator8/10Ending9/10
#35
Michael Jackson
8.2/10Category: Kids
Setting: Gary, Indiana
AI #35
Age fit9/10Delight8/10Warmth8/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#36
#37
Lady Midnight
8.2/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Los Angeles, California
AI #37
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age9/10Freshness8/10
#38
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
AI #38
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story9/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#39
Becoming
8.2/10Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: South Side, Chicago, Illinois
AI #39
Portrait9/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#40
Finding Love in Positano: The perfect escapist and absolutely gorgeous Italian summer romance!
8.2/10Category: Romance
Setting: Positano, Italy
AI #40
Chemistry9/10Feeling8/10Conflict8/10Payoff8/10Mood8/10
#41
The Lost Symbol
8.2/10Category: Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Setting: U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
AI #41
Plot8/10Tension8/10Clues9/10Investigator8/10Ending8/10
#42
Category: Kids
Setting: Locksley and Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
AI #42
Age fit8/10Delight8/10Warmth8/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#43
#44
#45
Category: Kids
Setting: Catskill Mountains, New York
AI #45
Age fit8/10Delight8/10Warmth8/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#46
#47
Category: Kids
Setting: Harlem, New York City
AI #47
Age fit8/10Delight8/10Warmth8/10Wisdom8/10Characters8/10
#48
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Amsterdam, Netherlands
AI #48
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#49
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Madrid, Spain
AI #49
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#50
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #50
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#51
Here's to Us
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #51
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#52
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Paris, France
AI #52
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#53
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: London, England
AI #53
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#54
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #54
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#55
Chain of Gold
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: London, England
AI #55
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#56
Love & Gelato
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Florence, Italy
AI #56
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#57
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Dublin, Ireland
AI #57
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#58
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #58
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#59
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Boston, Massachusetts
AI #59
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#60
A Pho Love Story
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Westminster, California
AI #60
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#61
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #61
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#62
Dear Martin
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Atlanta, Georgia
AI #62
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#63
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Los Angeles, California
AI #63
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#64
#65
Clockwork Angel
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: London, England
AI #65
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#66
The Alchemyst
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: San Francisco, California
AI #66
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#67
Salt to the Sea
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Gdynia, Poland
AI #67
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#68
Category: Teen & YA
Setting: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
AI #68
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#69
Felix Ever After
8/10Category: Teen & YA
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #69
Young voice8/10Emotional truth8/10Pace8/10Coming of age8/10Freshness8/10
#70
Category: History
Setting: Constantinople / Istanbul, Turkey
AI #70
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#71
Category: History
Setting: Ten Boom House, Haarlem, Netherlands
AI #71
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#72
Category: History
Setting: Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands
AI #72
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#73
Category: History
Setting: Twickenham, London, England
AI #73
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#74
Category: History
Setting: Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
AI #74
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#75
Category: History
Setting: Galveston, Texas
AI #75
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#76
Category: History
Setting: Wall Street, New York City, New York
AI #76
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#77
Category: History
Setting: Elephant Island, Antarctica
AI #77
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#78
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Colditz Castle, Colditz, Germany
AI #78
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#79
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Howard Beach, Queens, New York
AI #79
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#80
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #80
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#81
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: North Pond, Maine
AI #81
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#82
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Edenton, North Carolina
AI #82
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#83
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Mexico City, Mexico
AI #83
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#84
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
AI #84
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#85
Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran
AI #85
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#86
Category: History
Setting: Donner Pass, Sierra Nevada, California
AI #86
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#87
Just Kids
8/10Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Chelsea Hotel, New York City, New York
AI #87
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#88
Into the Wild
8/10Category: Biography & Memoir
Setting: Stampede Trail, Alaska
AI #88
Portrait8/10Rigor8/10Life story8/10Context8/10Discovery8/10
#89
Category: History
Setting: Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
AI #89
Sweep8/10Adventure8/10Period detail8/10Hero in action8/10Epic finish8/10
#90
Small Favor
8/10Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #90
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#91
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Setting: Cambridge, Massachusetts
AI #91
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#92
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #92
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#93
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
AI #93
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#94
Category: Romance
Setting: Chicago, Illinois
AI #94
Chemistry8/10Feeling8/10Conflict8/10Payoff8/10Mood8/10
#95
Category: Romance
Setting: Trenton, New Jersey
AI #95
Chemistry8/10Feeling8/10Conflict8/10Payoff8/10Mood8/10
#96
Category: Romance
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #96
Chemistry8/10Feeling8/10Conflict8/10Payoff8/10Mood8/10
#97
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Setting: New York City, New York
AI #97
World8/10Rules8/10Imagination8/10Characters8/10Stakes8/10
#98
Category: Romance
Setting: Shanghai, China
AI #98
Chemistry8/10Feeling8/10Conflict8/10Payoff8/10Mood8/10
#99
Category: Romance
Setting: Washington, D.C.
AI #99
Chemistry8/10Feeling8/10Conflict8/10Payoff8/10Mood8/10
#100
