Fiction Listed in MPBYDH: Non-fiction

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Fiction Listed in MPBYDH: Non-fiction

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1kensor
Feb 9, 2008, 2:43 pm

My kensor library contains all non-fiction. When I request a list from the Most Popular Books You Don't Have: Non-Fiction link, the report lists, for example, 1. The catcher in the rye, 2. The kite runner, 3. Dune, {4,5,6. non-fiction}, 7. The subtle knife, {8. non-fiction}, 9. A heartbreaking work of staggering genius, 10. Anansi boys: a novel, etc., etc., continuing with much more fiction intermingled with a list that is supposed to be all non-fiction. What is the problem here, and what can be done to correct it?

2AnnaClaire
Edited: Feb 9, 2008, 7:09 pm

I've asked about this before. Nothing happened, except for a badly-pulled-off joke from (fortunately) a non-staff person.

In other words, this needs to be fixed, and has needed fixing for a long time.

Edited to add a few more items to the list ("good measure")
16. A Confederacy of Dunces
23. Fight Club
31. Breakfast of Champions
38. Twilight (no touchstone; author is Stephenie Meyer)
42. Quicksilver
50. Night Watch (can't find touchstone; author is Terry Pratchett)

3hailelib
Edited: Feb 9, 2008, 8:45 pm

I went and looked and found that my list is about 20% fiction. Even with the fuzziness of some of LT's data that does seem a bit high.