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Who writes the books

Every book published since January 2023 in the national libraries of 11 European countries and Open Library, then the non-fiction authors behind them, screened against the 6 roles.

Books since 20232,707,32184.1% with an ISBN
Authors reviewed10,407In bestseller lists, prizes or published widely
Non-fiction authors3,987Living, at least half non-fiction
Selected experts1,466998 prize-listed authors

By catalogue

A book found in several catalogues counts in each
Open Library (English-speaking world)916,168
Germany, Austria, Switzerland · DNB623,558
France · BnF287,276
Italy · SBN241,975
Spain · BNE226,809
Poland · BN140,346
Netherlands · KB118,436
Sweden · Libris75,987
Finland · Fennica65,255
Denmark · Royal Library58,600
Norway · NB39,059
Belgium · KBR38,455

By year of first publication

Recent years are still being catalogued
2023957,622
2024838,530
2025592,818
2026318,287

By genre

From library classification codes
Not classified1,017,885
Non-fiction980,618
Fiction528,024
Children & young adult147,703
Textbooks33,091

By language

English928,489
German542,888
French289,294
Not stated274,492
Spanish226,652
Polish125,454
Dutch103,257
Swedish71,651
Danish52,126
Finnish42,923
Norwegian26,643
Italian22,297