Zeitgeist Overview

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Vital Statistics

Members 488,733

Books cataloged 31,163,632

Tags added 40,376,000

Unique works 3,601,603

Total reviews 498,429

Works reviewed 227,863

Ratings 4,795,042

User-contributed covers 1,046,046

Author photos 24,943

User groups 4,228

Forum messages 776,777

Forum touchstones 506,079

50 largest libraries (see more)

windsorpl (65,535 books), credo (16,251 books, private), CovenantNetwork (14,980 books), kittylafong (13,205 books, private), AsYouKnow_Bob (13,097 books), pagerd (12,733 books), JeanLittleLibrary (12,716 books), Patentnonsense (12,256 books), bookstopshere (12,034 books), antimuzak (11,573 books), h34th3r (11,380 books), shearrob (11,316 books), axarca (10,833 books), libvicki (10,753 books), devenish (10,734 books), ginaruiz (10,630 books), gaspari (10,218 books, private), eromsted (10,054 books), mitchellray (10,039 books), LamSon (9,717 books), carminowe (9,707 books), tehipite (9,618 books), jalual (9,410 books), bertilak (9,397 books), kauders (9,120 books), kday_working (9,096 books), hse (8,918 books), Papiervisje (8,878 books), ellenandjim (8,763 books), Boomanulla (8,721 books), dbstgb (8,705 books), ariadne02 (8,680 books), shauneeh (8,665 books), hailelib (8,582 books), TomVeal (8,550 books), rpglibrary (8,459 books), debweiss (8,399 books), oakesspalding (8,344 books), meadcl (8,281 books, private), cbgjr (8,194 books), Rynosseros (8,093 books), dean (8,040 books), angelrose (8,000 books), donandpatti (7,867 books), LauraLLD (7,846 books), chuck_ralston (7,811 books), MMcM (7,785 books), CSUCI (7,778 books), prufrock9 (7,695 books), DeputyHeadmistress (7,623 books)

50 most prolific reviewers (see more)

bluetyson (25953), occult (3824), burnit99 (2721), Schmerguls (2561), wyvernfriend (2223), Budz888 (2141), antimuzak (2025), sstocks (1951), herebedragons (1789), meadcl (1284), Ritaleah (1254), Boktips.net (1245), t1bclasslibrary (1235), nwhyte (1228), kitchengardenbooks (1149), WARM (1096), rajendran (1071), gwyneira (1024), fredheid (1011), sfreader.com (989), maaward (981), tripleblessings (973), inkcognito (894), Fledgist (879), ceal1959 (845), bintphotobooks (838), bcquinnsmom (788), elisa.rolle (776), AlexTheHunn (774), Megami (774), tuckerresearch (740), UWC_PYP (711), keylawk (694), TadAD (690), pantufla (689), MareMagnum (673), MrsLee (671), antiquary (664), Cecilturtle (643), jpsnow (642), Elishibai (641), fpagan (632), nicsreads (612), momcat.sc (607), sarahthelibrarian (597), MerryMary (595), kmnickels (594), Crowyhead (592), jbd1 (575), hse (572)

50 top taggers

eromsted (136,004), msrau (113,921), AsYouKnow_Bob (72,937), bertilak (65,112), gentlemania (58,617), kathi (54,962), SilentInAWay (54,656), alibrarian (48,298), antimuzak (42,309), oakesspalding (41,631), Neuromancer (41,527), markell (41,237), mfd101 (39,495), ThomasKleinert (39,237), lisa211 (39,213), MikeBriggs (37,183), nicolaerricotenaglia (35,585), wyvernfriend (33,700), lquilter (33,472), sgfein (32,756), TomVeal (32,736), carminowe (31,609), princemuchao (31,528), SeriousGrace (31,214), muumi (31,069), clpteensnewbooks (30,666), chanale (30,665), cnrenner (29,826), purpledragon42 (29,769), Instigatrix (29,642), benwaugh (29,060), mcghol (27,017), velyrhorde (26,947), atlaswinks (26,823), BoPeep (26,814), axarca (26,719), tarpfarmer (26,239), nykolaibasket (26,106), danbrady (26,082), JanWillemNoldus (26,042), vpfluke (25,906), keepers (25,539), PandorasRequiem (24,542), hse (24,481), sjii (24,198), idiosyncratic (24,173), ThomasJefferson (23,728), posthumose (23,377), edwinbcn (23,359), Papiervisje (23,239)

25 top languages (translations from)

French (531,967), German (404,059), Japanese (267,363), Spanish (168,970), Italian (148,888), Russian (143,204), Greek (Ancient) (123,367), Latin (87,323), Dutch (84,372), Swedish (59,737), Portuguese (46,780), Chinese (35,020), Norwegian (34,545), Multiple languages (31,124), Danish (27,596), Hebrew (26,135), Czech (21,897), English (Middle) (21,512), Polish (19,248), Arabic (16,198), Old English (9,187), Finnish (8,945), Sanskrit (8,887), Turkish (8,033), Greek (6,648)

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25 most reviewed books (see more)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (664 reviews), The Da Vinci Code (593 reviews), The Kite Runner (469 reviews), Twilight (452 reviews), The Time Traveler's Wife (437 reviews), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (387 reviews), (377 reviews), The Road (356 reviews), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (340 reviews), The Book Thief (328 reviews), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (324 reviews), Water for Elephants (315 reviews), Angels & Demons (314 reviews), Pride and Prejudice (313 reviews), (298 reviews), A Thousand Splendid Suns (296 reviews), The Historian (294 reviews), The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel (279 reviews), The Lovely Bones (277 reviews), Life of Pi (271 reviews), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (269 reviews), 1984 (266 reviews), The Golden Compass (257 reviews), The Catcher in the Rye (248 reviews), To Kill a Mockingbird (246 reviews)

top books (see more)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (34,967), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (32,563), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (31,240), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (30,498), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (30,227), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (30,108), The Da Vinci Code (25,213), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (23,527), The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again (23,228), Pride and Prejudice (21,770), 1984 (21,493), The Catcher in the Rye (20,689), To Kill a Mockingbird (19,256), The Great Gatsby (17,630), The Lord of the Rings (16,765), The Kite Runner (16,178), Jane Eyre (15,743), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (15,113), Animal Farm (14,321), Life of Pi (14,320), Angels & Demons (14,293), Brave New World (14,086), Wuthering Heights (13,988), One Hundred Years of Solitude (13,659), The Fellowship of the Ring (13,295)

top 25 books by star rating

Public Records - Fast and Reliable…, Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe unlock'd :…, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, PokerTips.org - Poker Strategy -…, The complete Aubrey/Maturin novels, The Compact Edition of The Oxford…, DER VOLKSPRACTITIONER - Grundausbildung…, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, The Complete Far Side 1980-1994, The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3, Heirloom Knitting, Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns, The secret Magdalene : a novel, The Valley of Vision: A collection of…, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75…, Nutshell Library, Voyage of the Basset, The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2, Absolute Sandman, Volume 1, The hobbit, or, There and back again, The red tree, The Dot, The Compleet Molesworth, Thank You, Mr. Falker, I love my hair!

50 top-rated authors

Authors with at least ten ratings and five raters (rating/number/raters).

Jeannie Fulbright (5/11/8), John Schreiber (4.98/22/6), Amy Guth (4.92/13/13), Kyoto Costume Institute (4.92/13/13), Takehiko Inoue (4.91/23/5), Josemaria Escriva (4.91/22/6), Ninya Mikhaila (4.91/11/11), Kyoko Hikawa (4.9/60/8), Arthur G. Bennett (4.89/19/19), John Bonnett Wexo (4.88/26/5), Trish New (4.88/41/32), Eberhard Nestle (4.88/16/16), John P. Meier (4.86/18/10), Timothy Ferriss (4.86/14/11), Albert Goldbarth (4.85/43/8), Luigi Serafini (4.85/13/13), Cyril Hare (4.84/25/5), Beverly Jenkins (4.83/12/5), Jonathan Larson (4.83/12/11), Sho Fumimura (4.82/22/6), Ernst Haeckel (4.82/11/11), Tim Hegg (4.82/11/6), Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura (4.82/11/6), Lynn (4.81/16/12), Percy Dearmer (4.8/15/12), William T. Cavanaugh (4.8/10/9), Maida Heatter (4.8/10/8), Abingdon Press (4.8/10/5), Ole Risom (4.8/10/9), Ludwig van Beethoven (4.8/44/21), Mazo de la Roche (4.79/39/5), Elisabeth Crowfoot (4.79/12/12), Vardis Fisher (4.79/26/10), Brian Selznick (4.78/30/30), Alex Grey (4.78/18/14), L. J. Maas (4.78/20/7), Clyde Pharr (4.77/11/11), Marshall G. S. Hodgson (4.77/13/6), Deric Longden (4.77/13/6), Paul Rusesabagina (4.76/17/17), Caroline Lawrence (4.76/21/5), Francis Lathom (4.76/25/6), Mary B. Morrison (4.75/18/7), Julie Phillips (4.75/16/16), Anton Corbijn (4.75/10/10), G. B. Edwards (4.75/10/10), Howard Tayler (4.75/10/7), Walt Kelly (4.75/195/39), Janet Arnold (4.75/89/43), Toni Weschler (4.73/32/32)

50 lowest-rated authors

Authors with at least five ratings and three raters (rating/number/raters). Isn't this fascinating?

Robyn Donald (1.2/5/4), Rich Shapero (1.39/9/9), Martin Bril (1.5/7/3), Catherine Spencer (1.5/5/4), Mary Ann Mitchell (1.56/9/4), Hal Lindsey (1.58/12/9), Andy Baggott (1.6/5/5), Jean-Claude Bernardet (1.63/8/3), Richard H. Pough (1.64/7/4), Andrew Macdonald (1.67/9/8), Katherine Stone (1.67/6/4), Luke Short (1.68/17/4), Curtiss Ann Matlock (1.68/11/8), Hortense Calisher (1.7/5/4), Susan Kay Law (1.7/5/3), Sarah Lyddon Morrison (1.7/5/4), Candace McCarthy (1.71/7/3), Lolita Pille (1.71/7/6), Jonathan Black (1.75/8/6), Bruce R. McConkie (1.8/5/4), Jessie Penn-Lewis (1.8/5/3), Jessica Cutler (1.81/16/16), Johnny Damon (1.83/6/6), Pip Baker (1.86/7/4), Carey (1.86/7/7), Eric Saward (1.88/8/5), Pat Warren (1.88/8/4), Iris Finz (1.9/5/5), Granta (1.9/5/3), Thomas Greanias (1.9/5/5), Liz Jones (1.9/5/5), Motofumi Kobayashi (1.9/5/3), Rhonda R. McClure (1.9/5/5), Gregory J. E. Rawlins (1.9/5/4), John Ure (1.94/8/6), Amanda Scott (1.95/11/7), Erich von Daniken (1.96/50/37), Matthew Lesko (2/9/7), Peggy Darty (2/8/3), Judy Delton (2/8/6), Clarence Larkin (2/7/5), Barry Letts (2/7/5), James Wilcox (2/7/3), Patti Davis (2/6/6), Joyce Christmas (2/5/4), Roger Garaudy (2/5/3), Joan Hohl (2/5/5), Linda Madl (2/5/3), Christian Oster (2/5/4), David S. Platt (2/5/5)

50 "completist" authors

Average number of different books held by people who have any books by the author

Kenneth Robeson (22.85), Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (15.79), Clamp (12.73), Maxwell Grant (12.25), Don Pendleton (11.64), Francine Pascal (11.52), Nobuhiro Watsuki (10.65), Mercedes Lackey (10.37), Ann M. Martin (10.18), Terry Pratchett (10.06), Rex Stout (10.06), Nora Roberts (10.05), Louis L'Amour (9.78), Radclyffe (9.7), Georgette Heyer (9.52), Terrance Dicks (9.21), Anne McCaffrey (9.15), Rumiko Takahashi (9.02), Fuyumi Soryo (8.98), Warren Murphy (8.96), Diana Palmer (8.7), Masami Tsuda (8.65), Tamora Pierce (8.61), Christine Feehan (8.55), Cate Tiernan (8.42), Naoko Takeuchi (8.38), J. D. Robb (8.31), Kathryn Kenny (8.28), D. E. Stevenson (8.24), Kazuo Koike (8.22), Ordnance Survey (8.22), David Eddings (8.15), Laurell K. Hamilton (8.06), Alexander Kent (7.89), Franklin W. Dixon (7.88), Kaori Yuki (7.85), L.J. Smith (7.85), Natsuki Takaya (7.84), Lois Gladys Leppard (7.83), David Weber (7.8), Kazuya Minekura (7.66), Suzanne Brockmann (7.66), Erle Stanley Gardner (7.59), Hisaya Nakajo (7.59), Dick Francis (7.53), Johanna Lindsey (7.49), R. l. Stine (7.34), Carolyn Keene (7.29), Gilbert Morris (7.28), Agatha Christie (7.18)

Authors who LibraryThing (complete list)

Naomi Novik, Susan Wittig Albert, Sharon Lee, John Green, Janny Wurts, Randy Alcorn, Elizabeth Bear, Rosina Lippi, David Liss, Joe Hill, Richard Price, Susie Bright, C.E. Murphy, Brandon Sanderson, Martha Wells, David Weinberger, Sarah Monette, Sherryl Woods, Sandra Gulland, Lynn Viehl, Robin D. Owens, Marisa de los Santos, Lance Parkin, Patrick Rothfuss, Carl Zimmer, E.E. Knight, Jonathon Green, Shanna Swendson, Lisa Unger, Christopher Locke — see the full list.

top 75 authors (author cloud)

By number of copies

J. K. Rowling (221,782), Stephen King (154,442), Terry Pratchett (138,960), J. R. R. Tolkien (111,289), Neil Gaiman (105,153), C. S. Lewis (102,239), William Shakespeare (85,927), Nora Roberts (70,539), Jane Austen (67,250), Isaac Asimov (66,394), Anne McCaffrey (62,187), Agatha Christie (61,251), Orson Scott Card (56,833), Charles Dickens (55,517), Anne Rice (54,815), Douglas Adams (54,760), Kurt Vonnegut (54,578), Robert A. Heinlein (52,858), John Grisham (51,392), Dan Brown (51,284), Mercedes Lackey (50,079), George Orwell (46,774), James Patterson (43,540), Dean Koontz (43,186), John Steinbeck (42,858), Piers Anthony (42,678), Margaret Atwood (42,072), Janet Evanovich (41,840), Laurell K. Hamilton (40,771), Robert Jordan (38,747), Michael Crichton (38,380), Philip Pullman (37,677), Ernest Hemingway (37,416), Roald Dahl (37,346), Fyodor Dostoevsky (36,622), David Eddings (36,472), Gabriel García Márquez (36,159), Daniel Handler (35,525), Mark Twain (35,459), Ray Bradbury (34,790), Ursula K. Le Guin (33,709), Frank Herbert (33,626), J. D. Salinger (32,957), Tom Clancy (32,941), Neal Stephenson (32,828), Philip K. Dick (32,749), Bill Bryson (32,261), Marion Zimmer Bradley (32,058), Lucy Maud Montgomery (31,280), Haruki Murakami (31,244), Dr. Seuss (31,169), John Irving (30,961), Various (30,611), Arthur C. Clarke (30,412), Madeleine L'Engle (30,310), Chuck Palahniuk (29,351), Umberto Eco (29,263), F. Scott Fitzgerald (29,192), William Gibson (29,117), Anonymous (28,546), Patricia Cornwell (28,234), Tamora Pierce (28,090), Virginia Woolf (27,319), Larry Niven (27,014), David Sedaris (26,980), Vladimir Nabokov (25,817), Homer (24,846), Albert Camus (24,717), James Joyce (24,567), George R. R. Martin (24,546), Jodi Picoult (24,392), Margaret Weis (24,183), Leo Tolstoy (24,079), William Faulkner (23,893), Nick Hornby (23,784)

top 75 tags (tag cloud)

fiction (2,139,044), fantasy (719,963), history (595,729), non-fiction (416,552), science fiction (391,900), mystery (389,724), read (374,591), nonfiction (342,689), unread (276,023), poetry (273,143), biography (262,294), reference (232,740), novel (231,191), philosophy (198,788), literature (194,765), own (191,567), art (183,039), romance (176,470), (174,337), religion (173,954), short stories (171,328), humor (167,984), sf (163,921), science (156,819), tbr (141,160), historical fiction (133,720), children's (128,612), travel (121,900), series (121,514), manga (119,628), horror (119,123), comics (110,744), classic (110,255), children (106,949), music (105,360), paperback (102,553), politics (101,425), anthology (96,871), classics (92,962), young adult (90,920), memoir (90,846), 20th century (86,880), theology (84,383), psychology (80,618), crime (78,611), cooking (78,426), american (78,342), cookbook (78,287), essays (78,120), graphic novel (76,376), england (74,744), picture book (73,136), british (71,423), drama (71,288), christianity (70,904), ya (70,563), humour (70,103), language (66,942), owned (66,929), english (65,560), childrens (65,051), thriller (64,823), sci-fi (63,944), historical (63,689), adventure (62,753), writing (62,557), wishlist (60,394), autobiography (58,506), magic (57,055), christian (54,940), 2007 (54,745), photography (54,702), animals (54,006), spirituality (52,818), american history (52,815)

top 50 long tags

Tags with more than 20 letters

contemporary fiction (8856), 20th century literature (4480), contemporary romance (4276), 20th century fiction (2813), mass market paperback (2746), political philosophy (2683), Fantasy/Science Fiction (2394), Science Fiction/Fantasy (2279), childrens literature (2257), international relations (1841), children's picture book (1670), personal development (1565), contemporary literature (1564), intellectual history (1559), artificial intelligence (1425), philosophy of science (1363), British Crime Fiction (1302), software development (1280), science fiction and fantasy (1254), 19th century literature (1245), permanent collection (1243), history of philosophy (1229), contemporary fantasy (1108), latin american literature (998), children's non-fiction (974), Christian Nonfiction (957), juvenile non-fiction (951), philosophy of religion (903), dungeons and dragons (897), classical literature (891), programming languages (887), African American Fiction (857), literature in translation (852), short story collection (827), philosophy of language (826), information technology (802), comparative religion (774), biography/autobiography (765), 19th century fiction (764), african-american literature (754), historical linguistics (750), software engineering (727), children's nonfiction (726), victorian literature (715), books i want to read (708), young adult literature (695), Atlantian Reference Library (660), computer programming (630), illuminated manuscripts (615), American Contemporary (570)