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The Catalogue

Pick a bar to narrow the shelf. Every panel below follows the same filter — the two charts, the plot, and the list of books — and each bar says how many books choosing it would leave you with.

3815 books on the shelf

3815 filed under a genre

16 genres

6 with no recorded year

For the same counts drawn as figures, see Statistics.

6 of them record no publication year at all — show those books.

Showing 82 of 3815 books, filtered by Nonfiction Word count 2,483 and up Number of pages up to 100 Clear all

Titles by genre

Each bar counts the books of that genre which survive the year filter, so it says what picking that genre would leave you with. The 0 books filed under no genre at all are in no bar here.

Titles by year published

The whole timeline, back to the catalogue's oldest book. The bars widen as they go back, because equal-width bars across four thousand years would press everything before 1900 into a single pixel — where the statistics page leaves those books out of its chart and says so in the caption, the explorer has to be able to reach them, so its bars change width instead of stopping. Each bar counts the books of that era which survive the genre filter.

Two measures at a time

The books above, as dots. 268 of the 514 carry both measures and can be plotted; a book missing a measure has no place on that axis, so it is left off rather than drawn at zero. Each axis covers the middle 98% of what is shown, with 9 books outside the frame.

The dots outside your ranges are still drawn, faded, so that you can see what you are narrowing from; the bars above and the list below obey the ranges. 246 of the 514 books in view carry no measure on a ranged axis, so no range can place them — take the ranges off to see them.

Point at a dot to see which book it is, and where it sits on each axis. Click one to open that book's own page of neighbours — the same book, in the middle of a map, with the books closest to it around it.

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

Number of pages

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Word count

to up to 50,000 50,000–100,000 100,000–150,000 150,000 and up clear Word count

The 82 books that match

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, 1970 Nonfiction
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A Black Hole Is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano, 2012 Nonfiction
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900L

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6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Nelson, 2007 Nonfiction
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1030L

AR

6.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms by Paul B. Janeczko, 2005 Nonfiction
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6.0
A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn by Patricia Newman, 2022 Nonfiction
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950L

AR

5.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems by John Grandits, 2007 Nonfiction
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3.5

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Bodies from the Bog by James M. Deem, 1998 Nonfiction
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1100L

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7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by James M. Deem, 2008 Nonfiction
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1180L

AR

8.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Brooklyn Bridge by Lynn Curlee, 2001 Nonfiction
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1160L

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8.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild by Catherine Thimmesh, 2018 Nonfiction
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1260L

AR

8.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins, 2011 Nonfiction
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970L

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5.9

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Castle by David Macaulay, 1977 Nonfiction
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1180L

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7.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Cathedral by David Macaulay, 1973 Nonfiction
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1180L

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7.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Celebrating Ramadan by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, 2001 Nonfiction
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1000L

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5.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat by Sy Montgomery, 2014 Nonfiction
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1000L

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6.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War by Jessica Dee Humphreys, 2015 Nonfiction
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680L

AR

4.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Cora Frear by Susan E. Goodman, 2002 Nonfiction
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3.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, 2010 Nonfiction
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1020L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar by Nic Bishop, 2000 Nonfiction
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1000L

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6.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Dogs on Duty: Soldiers' Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, 2012 Nonfiction
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1190L

AR

7.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch, 2013 Nonfiction
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1000L

AR

6.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim Grove, 2015 Nonfiction
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1100L

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7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
George vs. George: The Revolutionary War as Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer, 2004 Nonfiction
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1120L

AR

7.5
G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book by David M. Schwartz, 1998 Nonfiction
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760L

AR

5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes by Pamela S. Turner, 2005 Nonfiction
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910L

AR

6.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Gorilla Walk by Ted Lewin, 2014 Nonfiction
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1010L

AR

5.7
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers, 2004 Nonfiction
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5.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves by Bob Raczka, 2006 Nonfiction
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940L

AR

5.7

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope by Stephen Kramer, 2001 Nonfiction
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1040L

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7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships by Robin Page, 2010 Nonfiction
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950L

AR

5.2
I'm a Dumbo Octopus!: A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods by Anne Lambelet, 2025 Nonfiction
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3.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Impact: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World by Elizabeth Rusch, 2017 Nonfiction
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1070L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First True Cowboys by Russell Freedman, 2001 Nonfiction
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1180L

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7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross, 2011 Nonfiction
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1120L

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7.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage by Lee Bennett Hopkins, 2019 Nonfiction
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5.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
It's Not the Stork!: A Book about Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends by Robie H. Harris, 2006 Nonfiction
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710L

AR

4.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery, 2010 Nonfiction
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950L

AR

6.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Liberty by Lynn Curlee, 2002 Nonfiction
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1190L

AR

8.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Liberty Arrives!: How America's Grandest Statue Found Her Home by Robert Byrd, 2019 Nonfiction
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900L

AR

6.1
Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island by Loree Griffin Burns, 2017 Nonfiction
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1090L

AR

7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge, 2009 Nonfiction
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960L

AR

6.6

AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems by Elizabeth Alexander, 2007 Nonfiction
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1030L

AR

5.9
Mosque by David Macaulay, 2003 Nonfiction
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1340L

AR

8.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal by Sophie Webb, 2000 Nonfiction
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1040L

AR

6.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop, 2008 Nonfiction
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890L

AR

4.8
Nic Bishop Lizards by Nic Bishop, 2010 Nonfiction
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880L

AR

5.2
Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop, 2007 Nonfiction
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820L

AR

4.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin, 2006 Nonfiction
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960L

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6.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling, 1941 Nonfiction
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840L

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5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Pharaoh's Boat by David Weitzman, 2009 Nonfiction
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1170L

AR

7.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea by Sy Montgomery, 2006 Nonfiction
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830L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Remember Little Bighorn: Indians, Soldiers, and Scouts Tell Their Stories by Paul Robert Walker, 2006 Nonfiction
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1170L

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7.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River by Hudson Talbott, 2009 Nonfiction
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1050L

AR

6.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome, 2003 Nonfiction
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1010L

AR

5.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long, 1899 Nonfiction
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Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time: What the Hubble Telescope Saw by Elaine Scott, 2011 Nonfiction
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1180L

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8.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh, 2006 Nonfiction
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1060L

AR

7.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems by John Grandits, 2004 Nonfiction
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3.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Terezín: Voices from the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson, 2011 Nonfiction
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980L

AR

7.0
The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins, 2012 Nonfiction
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980L

AR

5.9

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead by Donna M. Jackson, 1996 Nonfiction
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1100L

AR

7.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery, 2023 Nonfiction
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5.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats: A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Markle, 2015 Nonfiction
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1030L

AR

6.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Cod's Tale by Mark Kurlansky, 2001 Nonfiction
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1050L

AR

6.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connell, 2011 Nonfiction
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1260L

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8.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner, 2009 Nonfiction
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950L

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6.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle, 2009 Nonfiction
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1090L

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7.1
The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown, 2013 Nonfiction
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860L

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5.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe by Loree Griffin Burns, 2010 Nonfiction
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1120L

AR

7.5
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, 2001 Nonfiction
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920L

AR

4.9

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity by Elizabeth Rusch, 2012 Nonfiction
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950L

AR

6.4
The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands by Sneed B. Collard, III, 2005 Nonfiction
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1090L

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7.3
The Story of Salt by Mark Kurlansky, 2006 Nonfiction
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1110L

AR

7.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery, 2004 Nonfiction
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890L

AR

5.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan Thornhill, 2016 Nonfiction
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1130L

AR

6.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel, 2006 Nonfiction
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610L

AR

3.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns, 2007 Nonfiction
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1200L

AR

8.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors by Joyce Sidman, 2010 Nonfiction
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1240L

AR

7.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Vote! by Eileen Christelow, 2003 Nonfiction
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420L

AR

3.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman, 2014 Nonfiction
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AR

6.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle's Incredible Journey Home by Lindsay Moore, 2022 Nonfiction
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5.9

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead by Rebecca L. Johnson, 2013 Nonfiction
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800L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)