Document (#41687)

Author

Tozer, J.

Title

How long is the perfect book? : Bigger really is better. What the numbers say

Source

https://www.1843magazine.com/data-graphic/what-the-numbers-say/how-long-is-the-perfect-book

Year

2019

Abstract

British novelist E.M. Forster once complained that long books "are usually overpraised" because "the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time." To test his theory we collected reader ratings for 737 books tagged as "classic literature" on Goodreads.com, a review aggregator with 80m members. The bias towards chunky tomes was substantial. Slim volumes of 100 to 200 pages scored only 3.87 out of 5, whereas those over 1,000 pages scored 4.19. Longer is better, say the readers.

Theme

Elektronisches Publizieren

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