{"id":5000,"date":"2020-06-13T16:13:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T21:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=5000"},"modified":"2020-06-13T16:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T21:13:59","slug":"an-algorithm-picks-updikes-greatest-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2020\/06\/13\/an-algorithm-picks-updikes-greatest-books\/","title":{"rendered":"An algorithm picks Updike’s greatest books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Greatest Books project compiled a list generated from 128 “best of” book lists from a variety of great sources. An algorithm is used to create a master list based on how many lists a particular book appears on. Some lists count more than others, and on the lists that are actually ranked, the book that is 1st counts a lot more than the book that’s 100th.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the algorithm picked for Updike’s “greatest”<\/a> and their overall rank in the greater literary world, again as measured by the algorithm:<\/p>\n

117. Rabbit, Run<\/em><\/p>\n

147. Rabbit Is Rich<\/em><\/p>\n

169.\u00a0 Rabbit Redux<\/em><\/p>\n

209.\u00a0 Rabbit at Rest<\/em><\/p>\n

1145.\u00a0 Self-Consciousness<\/em><\/p>\n

1568. The Poorhouse Fair<\/em><\/p>\n

1627.\u00a0 The Early Stories<\/em><\/p>\n

2139.\u00a0 The Centaur<\/em><\/p>\n

2559.\u00a0 The Coup<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Interestingly, the book that made him an international celebrity\u2014Couples<\/em>\u2014didn’t make the list, while a very funny satire that’s often overlooked came in at 2559. What would your John Updike “greatest books” list look like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Greatest Books project compiled a list generated from 128 “best of” book lists from a variety of great sources. An algorithm is used to create a master list based on how many lists a particular book appears on. Some … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-5000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lists","tag-updikes-greatest-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5003,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000\/revisions\/5003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}