If you’ve read one of my book reviews, you may have wondered how I determine what rank to give a title. Here is where the book ranking criteria is explained.
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- Engaging & Compelling
- Can’t put book down, want to continue reading late into the night to finish or simply see what happens next. Main story is compelling and meaningful to you, or applies to your life in some way
- I give this criteria 30% of the overall score
- Valuable Content that makes you learn
- By reading the book you learn a new topic or learn more about a topic you’re already familiar with
- Worth 25% of overall score
- Character development and growth of main character from beginning to end
- Growth and development of main character from beginning to end. For books that don’t have a single main character, use story development instead, or simply give it a neutral rank on this particular criteria.
- This criteria is worth 20% of the overall score
- Well written
- Good use of language, style, interesting and fun words
- Worth 15% of overall score
- Author Pedigree
- Author wrote other best selling books in the past
- Worth 5% of overall score
- Book pedigree
- Book won awards and other accolades, i.e NY Times Best Seller
- This is worth 5% of the overall score
Let’s begin a dialog around this topic. What do you think of this ranking criteria? Are there other aspects that you consider? Would you give some items higher or a lower portion of the score?