Constellations
The books around The Incredible Journey
Every book here sits next to The Incredible Journey for a reason, and the reason is written on the line between them. Click a book and the books next to it appear beside it, without the map moving. The list below has every reason in words, and a way to make any of these the book in the middle.
How to read it
One book in the middle, its neighbours around it, and a line for every reason they are neighbours. The order around the ring is the ranking: the closest neighbour is at the top, and the rest follow clockwise outward.
- a line drawn on a claim about what the books are — a shared subject, or the same author
- a line drawn on how they sit in the catalogue — the same genre, a similar reading measure — which is weaker evidence and is drawn dashed
- the book you started from
- a book with a solid border has neighbours of its own: click it and they appear beside it, while the ring stays exactly where it is
Every line, with its evidence
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Incident at Hawk's Hill 1971 · 1130L
The same subject (Canadian Content and Animals), the same narrower subject (Canadian Content (All) and Survival). Also within 190L of its reading measure.
same subject · Canadian Contentsame subject · Animalssame subject · Adventuresame narrower subject · Canadian Content (All)same narrower subject · Survivalreading measure · 190L apart
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Anne of Green Gables 1935 · 710L
The same subject (Canadian Content and Adventure), the same narrower subject (Canadian Content (All)) and the same catalogue tag (Classics).
same subject · Canadian Contentsame subject · Adventuresame subject · Family Lifeboth filed under · Classicssame narrower subject · Canadian Content (All)
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Lulu and the Dog from the Sea 2013 · 770L
The same subject (Natural Environments and Animals), the same narrower subject (Pets and Dogs) and the same genre (Fiction).
same subject · Natural Environmentssame subject · Animalssame subject · Family Lifesame narrower subject · Petssame narrower subject · Dogssame genre · Fiction
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I See a Cat 2017 · -50L
The same subject (Animals and Family Life), the same narrower subject (Cats, Pets and Dogs) and the same genre (Fiction).
same subject · Animalssame subject · Family Lifesame narrower subject · Catssame narrower subject · Petssame narrower subject · Dogssame genre · Fiction
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Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas 2005 · 460L
The same subject (Animals and Adventure), the same narrower subject (Pets and Dogs) and the same genre (Fiction).
same subject · Animalssame subject · Adventuresame subject · Family Lifesame narrower subject · Petssame narrower subject · Dogssame genre · Fiction
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The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia 1968 · 880L
The same subject (Natural Environments and Adventure), the same narrower subject (Wilderness and Survival).
same subject · Natural Environmentssame subject · Adventuresame subject · Family Lifesame narrower subject · Wildernesssame narrower subject · Survival
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Bud, Not Buddy 2000 · 950L
The same subject (Canadian Content and Adventure), the same narrower subject (Canadian Content (All)).
same subject · Canadian Contentsame subject · Adventuresame narrower subject · Canadian Content (All)
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Abel's Island 1976 · 920L
The same subject (Natural Environments and Animals), the same narrower subject (Survival) and the same genre (Fiction).
same subject · Natural Environmentssame subject · Animalssame subject · Adventuresame narrower subject · Survivalsame genre · Fiction
What the map is not showing
Coverage. 3,013 of the 3,815 books in the catalogue carry a curated subject tag, which is the strongest thing one book can share with another. Where a book has none, the map falls back to genre and reading measure — real reasons, drawn on the weaker line, but a beginning rather than a recommendation. The number above is also the work still to be done: a subject on the rest of the catalogue is the single change that would improve every map on this site at once.
Years and sizes. Two books published in the same decade are not more alike for it, and neither are two books of the same size. When they are neighbours here it is because of what they are, not when they were printed or how thick they are — which is why the ring around a book from 1937 can hold one from 1863 and one from 2003, and the list is better for it. The year is printed on a book's line because it is worth knowing, not because it draws anything.
Lists. Awards and recommended-reading lists are not used here at all. Every book on a list shares something with every other book on it, and that something is the list — which is what Treasury is for. Counting lists puts Holes next to The Hobbit.
One layer. This map shows what two books share. It cannot yet show what a book did for a reader — that a journey, or a funny voice, or being believed by somebody, is what made a book matter — because that is not written down anywhere in the catalogue. It comes from readers, and it is the next thing to build.