The Riddle
Of Literary Quality
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The 401 Books
Figure 2.1: Number of books respondents indicated to have read per year
Additional figure
: Number of read books per year per age group
Figure 2.2: Number of books read (left) and number of books rated (right)
Figure 2.3: Number of books read per category
Additional figure
: Number of books read per category
Figure 2.4: Mean scores for all 401 books
Figure 2.5: For all 401 books the mean score for literary quality per category
Figure 2.6: For all 401 books the mean score for general quality per category
Figure 2.7: Ratings of Tatiana de Rosnay,
Haar naam was Sarah
(
Sarah’s Key
)
Figure 2.8: Number of books read, by gender author and gender reader
Figure 2.9: Number of books rated, by gender author and gender reader
Figure 3.1: The ten novels with the highest and lowest scores for literary quality
Figure 3.2: Ratings for the literary quality of E.L. James,
Vijftig tinten
-trilogie (
Fifty Shades
Trilogy)
Figure 3.3:
Fifty Shades
and Romance
Figure 3.4: E.L. James, the
Fifty Shades
Trilogy and Suspense written by female authors
Additional graphs
:
Fifty Shades
and Suspense witten by male authors
Additional graphs
:
Fifty Shades
and Literary novels
Figure 3.5: Translated Literary novels written by male authors and three Suspense novels by Mankell
Figure 3.6: Literary novels by female authors written in Dutch and translated from English
Figure 3.7: Conjunctions in Literary novels by female authors written in Dutch and translated from English
Figure 4.1: Ratings of Nicole Krauss,
Het grote huis
(
Great House
)
Figure 4.2: Ratings of Elizabeth Gilbert,
Eten, bidden, beminnen
(
Eat, Pray, Love
)
Figure 4.3: Translated Literary novels written by female authors
Figure 4.4: Ratings of Emma Donoghue,
Kamer
(
Room
)
Figure 4.5: Ratings of Heleen van Royen,
De mannentester
(*
The Tester of Men
)
Figure 4.6: Dutch Literary novels written by female authors (1)
Figure 4.7: Dutch Literary novels written by female authors (2)
Figure 5.1: Ratings of Julian Barnes,
Alsof het voorbij is
(
The Sense of an Ending
)
Figure 5.2: Translated Literary novels written by male authors
Figure 5.3: Ratings of Erwin Mortier,
Gestameld liedboek
(
Stammered Songbook
)
Figure 5.4: Ratings of Mart Smeets,
De afrekening
(*
The Reckoning
)
Figure 5.5: Dutch Literary novels written by male authors
Figure 5.6: Ratings of Kluun,
Haantjes
(*
Alpha Males
)
Figure 5.7: Ratings of Herman Koch,
Zomerhuis met zwembad
(
Summerhouse with Swimming Pool
)
Figure 5.8: Kluun versus Koch
Figure 5.9: Grunberg and
Shopaholic
Figure 6.1: Mean sentence length for all 401 books and Figure 6.2: Sentence length variation for all 401 books
Figure 6.3: Literary quality top 10 of Dutch-language novels by female and male authors
Figure 6.4: Literary quality top 10 of Dutch-language novels by female and male authors (1)
Figure 6.5: Literary quality top 10 of Dutch-language novels by female and male authors (2)
Figure 6.6: Mean sentence length (in words) of Dutch-language Literary novels
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Figure 2.6: For all 401 books the mean score for general quality per category
Interactive version of the graph on p. 50 of
The Riddle of Literary Quality
.
A click on a bar in the graph reveals how many of the 401 books got that average score.
