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1.8M reader ratings, 4,541 books and 804 series ranked.

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Words of Radiance
The Way of Kings
Lonesome Dove
Light Bringer
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages

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  1. Words of Radiance
    Words of RadianceBrandon Sanderson · 2014NYT bestseller Fantasy3.5K ratings
    9.49.4 / 10
  2. The Way of Kings
    The Way of KingsBrandon Sanderson · 2010 Fantasy3.9K ratings
    9.29.2 / 10
  3. Lonesome Dove
    Lonesome DoveLarry McMurtry · 1985631 ratings
    9.19.1 / 10
  4. Light Bringer
    Light BringerPierce Brown · 2023NYT bestseller Science fiction636 ratings
    9.19.1 / 10
  5. Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
    Mistborn: The Hero of AgesBrandon Sanderson · 2008 Fantasy4.2K ratings
    9.19.1 / 10
  6. The Return of the King
    The Return of the KingJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1955Filmed 2003 Fantasy2.1K ratings
    9.19.1 / 10
  7. The Lord of the Rings
    The Lord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1954 Fantasy2.1K ratings
    9.19.1 / 10
  8. Maus
    MausArt Spiegelman · 1986 Graphic novels531 ratings
    9.09.0 / 10
  9. This Inevitable Ruin
    This Inevitable RuinMatt Dinniman · 2024NYT bestseller Fantasy1.2K ratings
    9.09.0 / 10
  10. The Butcher's Masquerade
    The Butcher's MasqueradeMatt Dinniman · 2022 Fantasy1.7K ratings
    9.09.0 / 10
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How the score works

No editorial hand-waving. One formula, published in full.

  1. We collect

    Ratings, review counts and metadata from open sources — no scraped or closed data.

  2. We normalise

    Every source is rescaled to 0–10 and weighted by how many readers stand behind it.

  3. We rank

    A Bayesian average stops a book with nine perfect ratings from beating a classic with ninety thousand.

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8.78.7 / 10
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8.58.5 / 10
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8.48.4 / 10
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Rites of the Starling
8.48.4 / 10
Rites of the StarlingDevney Perry117 ratings
Empire of the Dawn
8.48.4 / 10
Empire of the DawnJay Kristoff129 ratings
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8.48.4 / 10
The Poet EmpressShen Tao156 ratings
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