Wednesday 2 July 2014

Background data for the Amazon/Goodreads Book Series Study

As promised, here's the data that was used for the previous blog's analysis.  It is as of mid-June 2014.  These figures will change as more people rate and review books on Amazon or Goodreads, so this is a snapshot.

Seq = to identify the series uniquely.
Author = who wrote the series.
Series = name that the series commonly goes by.
Volume = book position within the series.
GR_Revs = number of goodreads reviews for the book (text review).
GR_Raters = number of goodreads people who rated the book (numeric rating).
GR_Rate = average numeric goodreads rating for the book.

Hopefully, people can import this fairly easily into excel or some other analysis package.
 
Addendum – The Data

Seq
Author
Series
Volume
GR_Revs
GR_Raters
GR_Rate
FirstPub
1
Dan Brown
Robert Langdon
1
20,235
1,197,401
3.78
2000
1
Dan Brown
Robert Langdon
2
34,245
1,176,596
3.71
2003
1
Dan Brown
Robert Langdon
3
19,941
264,737
3.59
2008
1
Dan Brown
Robert Langdon
4
22,723
151,871
3.68
2013
2
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games
1
133,787
2,626,365
4.41
2008
2
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games
2
76,852
1,339,793
4.31
2009
2
Suzanne Collins
Hunger Games
3
81,226
1,218,017
4.03
2010
3
Veronica Roth
Divergent
1
75,665
917,437
4.35
2011
3
Veronica Roth
Divergent
2
40,036
433,516
4.20
2012
3
Veronica Roth
Divergent
3
41,267
280,246
3.64
2013
4
Douglas Adams
Hitchhikers Guide
1
11,544
675,190
4.17
1979
4
Douglas Adams
Hitchhikers Guide
2
2,056
99,409
4.19
1980
4
Douglas Adams
Hitchhikers Guide
3
1,268
85,201
4.16
1982
4
Douglas Adams
Hitchhikers Guide
4
1,112
69,593
4.05
1984
4
Douglas Adams
Hitchhikers Guide
5
1,019
53,413
3.93
1992
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
1
40,793
2,580,696
4.38
1997
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
2
16,682
1,177,363
4.28
1998
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
3
18,824
1,219,695
4.46
1999
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
4
16,610
1,182,736
4.46
1999
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
5
15,789
1,136,636
4.40
2003
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
6
15,599
1,136,725
4.48
2005
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
7
37,191
1,175,133
4.57
2006
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
1
5,235
142,244
4.15
1990
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
2
1,812
117,489
4.16
1990
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
3
1,451
112,395
4.19
1991
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
4
1,269
82,799
4.18
1992
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
5
1,096
63,650
4.08
1993
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
6
1,051
59,267
4.04
1995
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
7
856
55,140
3.93
1996
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
8
778
51,389
3.85
1998
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
9
805
48,108
3.86
2000
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
10
946
41,943
3.77
2003
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
11
862
45,999
4.06
2005
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
12
783
62,721
4.30
2009
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
13
1,748
60,751
4.39
2010
6
Robert Jordan
Wheel of Time
14
3,611
29,262
4.51
2013
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
1
1,700
21,161
4.08
1969
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
2
459
8,760
4.29
1972
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
3
319
7,879
4.40
1973
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
4
224
6,885
4.32
1977
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
5
233
6,307
4.35
1977
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
6
170
5,855
4.35
1978
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
7
152
5,575
4.35
1980
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
8
110
5,217
4.35
1980
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
9
137
4,390
4.28
1981
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
10
156
5,473
4.41
1984
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
11
126
4,221
4.38
1986
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
12
119
4,772
4.43
1988
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
13
125
3,920
4.35
1989
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
14
114
4,113
4.37
1991
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
15
107
3,778
4.33
1992
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
16
102
3,709
4.36
1993
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
17
99
3,626
4.37
1994
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
18
100
3,813
4.32
1996
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
19
93
3,327
4.31
1998
7
Patrick O'Brian
Aubrey/Maturin
20
128
3,213
4.34
1999
8
Hugh Howey
Wool
1
2,074
21,001
4.14
2011
8
Hugh Howey
Wool
2
371
5,330
4.17
2011
8
Hugh Howey
Wool
3
321
4,923
4.41
2011
8
Hugh Howey
Wool
4
262
4,588
4.44
2012
8
Hugh Howey
Wool
5
340
4,633
4.60
2012
9
G.R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones
1
32,904
720,249
4.44
1996
9
G.R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones
2
14,342
343,485
4.38
1998
9
G.R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones
3
14,377
295,237
4.53
2000
9
G.R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones
4
13,005
260,388
4.02
2005
9
G.R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones
5
13,790
210,369
4.24
2011
10
Steph Myers
Twilight
1
84,685
2,360,445
3.56
2005
10
Steph Myers
Twilight
2
39,887
919,541
3.54
2006
10
Steph Myers
Twilight
3
31,937
893,422
3.72
2007
10
Steph Myers
Twilight
4
41,153
858,607
3.72
2008
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
1
6,492
206,618
4.00
1982
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
2
2,682
93,192
4.19
1987
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
3
1,987
82,088
4.19
1991
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
4
2,259
73,524
4.21
1997
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
5
1,597
63,588
4.13
2003
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
6
1,348
59,291
3.96
2004
11
Stephen King
The Dark Tower
7
2,290
63,980
4.21
1999

 

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