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The Cider House Rules

Global Rank#641

Authors: John Irving

Published: 1985-01-01

Genres: novel

Tags: bildungsroman

Format: book

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Wikipedia Backlinks: 208

NYT Mentions: 172

Title Complexity: 4960238.96 (NYT adjustment factor: 1.0)

Score: 5.129139087609794

Score Explanation:
SourceWeightCalculationWeighted Value
NYT Mentions0.25ln(172 × 1.00 + 1)1.2883
Wikipedia Backlinks0.50ln(208 + 1)2.6712
Ratings Count0.50ln(0 + 1)0.0000
Ratings Average1.00ln(1 + 1)0.6931
OpenLibrary rating (avg)0.10ln(4.333333 + 1)0.1674
OpenLibrary ratings (count)0.10ln(21 + 1)0.3091
Total5.1291
Note: NYT Mentions are adjusted by title complexity (a score based on word rarity).
Adjustment factor: 1.0 (complexity score ≥100,000), 0.1 (≥10,000), or 0.01(<10,000).
Higher complexity scores indicate more distinctive titles that are less likely to produce false-positive NYT matches.

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OpenLibrary Rating: 4.33 / 5(21 ratings)

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