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I am not liking the recommendations. I consider The Midnight Library to be one of the worst books I have read this year, but it has highest…",{"value":91,"source":66,"evidence":92},"Interesting concept and useful author-curated lists",[93,97],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"38610367","freetime2","It's a little sad that 1984 still sits near the top of the list for sci-fi favorite reads of the year in 2023. Not that it's a bad book by any means, but just because the genre…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"38611728","bogrollben","I just signed up for shepherd last week (I still need to fill out the word template and get it back to you). Had no idea you were on Hacker News! Any competition against…",[102,113,124,132],{"value":103,"source":66,"evidence":104},"Book descriptions are publisher marketing blurbs",[105,109],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"38609908","Semaphor","The idea is cool, but I have some suggestions. 1. Use links, when there’s a list, I open links in new tabs that I want to check. This is some kind of JS-only app that doesn’t…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"38613148","NelsonMinar","I like this, thank you for building it. My wish is that the book blurbs were better. For instance I click on Demon Copperhead to learn \"What is this book about?\" And what I see…",{"value":114,"source":66,"evidence":115},"Genre miscategorization, fantasy mixed into sci-fi",[116,120],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"38611819","xtiansimon","A “list of Sci-Fi” books is suspect with fantasy books in its mix. And if it’s meant to be a cross over, it should make that case. What am I to make from: “Award for Best Fantasy…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"38610170","zeroonetwothree","Some of the books in sci fi are actually fantasy. Also it seems if I filter to 2023 published most of the books have very few people. It might be better to ask for 3 books for…",{"value":125,"source":66,"evidence":126},"Links don't open in new tabs; JS-only navigation",[127,128],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"38614427","zerkten","Nice concept. I don't like that open in new tab is broken though.",{"value":133,"source":66,"evidence":134},"Recommendations skew toward popular non-sci-fi titles",[135],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},[137,141,146,150],{"value":138,"source":66,"evidence":139},"Use real links for list items",[140],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"value":142,"source":66,"evidence":143},"Better book descriptions",[144,145],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"value":147,"source":66,"evidence":148},"Show a full list of surveyed authors",[149],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"value":151,"source":66,"evidence":152},"Support translated and non-English books",[153,157],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"38611407","infruset","I get that HN is an english-language website from the US, and that I'm not entitled for this website to include me. Don't take this as personal criticism -- if anything I like…",{"id":158,"by":155,"text":159},"38611937","Thanks for your answer. I will try to clarify a bit. 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