The Best Books (according to Google)

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Recently, the Millions blog played around with a new feature Google is developing called “Google Squared” which involved presenting search results in a list-format.

 

Here is what the results were for the Millions initial search for ”best books” and “best novels”:

 

Best Books:

  1. The Catcher in the Rye
  2. Catch-22
  3. Animal Farm
  4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  5. Goodnight Moon
  6. Curious George
  7. Gravity’s Rainbow

Best Novels:

  1. Gravity’s Rainbow
  2. To Kill a Mockingbird
  3. The Sound and the Fury
  4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  5. The Lord of the Rings
  6. To The Lighthouse
  7. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

What do you think?  How does the list seem to be determined?  By number of searches generated?  By articles published?  How did Google do, in your opinion?

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I have been a high school teacher for 15 years and am ready to embark on a new project! I hope to promote classic literature and help book clubs rediscover these gems.
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