Anna's Archive ISBN Visualization
Shares rank 21 of 31 interactive visualizations by recommenders
Zoomable bookshelf visual showing how fragmented and incomplete ISBN data is. Critics say it is hard to find specific books.
Zoomable bookshelf visual showing how fragmented and incomplete ISBN data is. Critics say it is hard to find specific books.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows how fragmented ISBN data is
“it really shows how fragmented and incomplete the ISBN landscape is”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Zenòdot – Find if a book has been translated into your language” Bookshelf visual is nice
“The bookshelf is nice, but I'd love to be able to read the titles more easily”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “ISBN Visualization – Annas Archive” “When zoomed all the way, it is a book shelf.”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “ISBN Visualization – Annas Archive”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to find specific books
“You cannot really find a book using it, I mean, any more specifically than "some random book probably in a given language".”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “ISBN Visualization – Annas Archive” Titles hard to read
“The bookshelf is nice, but I'd love to be able to read the titles more easily”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “ISBN Visualization – Annas Archive” Blocks view on mobile
“are blocking view on mobile”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “ISBN Visualization – Annas Archive”
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The four most recommended other interactive visualizations, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| PGSimCity | 27 | 3 | 90% | 1 | — | — |
| Ithihāsas | 18 | 3 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| Anna's Archive ISBN VisualizationThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“are blocking view on mobile”
“You cannot really find a book using it, I mean, any more specifically than "some random book probably in a given language".”
“The bookshelf is nice, but I'd love to be able to read the titles more easily”
“When zoomed all the way, it is a book shelf.”
“it really shows how fragmented and incomplete the ISBN landscape is”
“They could probably help you with your dataset.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.