# hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books

:books: Find your next book to read!

Repository: https://github.com/hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mind-expanding-books
Homepage: https://mindexpandingbooks.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: awesome, history, philosophy, books, psychology, computer-science, economics, awesome-list, mind-expanding-books, startups, fiction, biographies, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest2020, politics, theater, sexuality
Last push: 2024-11-09T17:06:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4113, "days_push": 662, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14186, forks 1174 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:05.755542+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of mind-expanding books across categories like philosophy, psychology, business, history, and fiction, with Goodreads ratings and links. It also powers a companion website for browsing and sorting book recommendations.

## Use cases
- find my next book to read
- curated list of best books by category
- book recommendations with goodreads ratings
- books about philosophy and psychology
- startup and business book suggestions
- science fiction and fantasy reading list

## When to choose
- you want a human-curated, categorized book list
- you need book data with ratings for a project or site
- you're browsing for nonfiction and fiction recommendations across many genres

## When to avoid
- you need a book tracking or library management app
- you want personalized algorithmic recommendations
- you need full book content or reviews rather than a list

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, search-engine
- domain: education, developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, books, reading-recommendations, curated-list, goodreads, web, nodejs

## Member repositories
- hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.755542+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:12:44.789820+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hackerkid/Mind-Expanding-Books (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.755542+00:00, sha 8c2897a654d9)
  - homepage: https://mindexpandingbooks.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:39.404854+00:00, sha 21859c54525d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.