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amazon book map

Book Cover Version - Download Full Resolution JPG (10,296 x 15,444)


amazon book map visualization

Dot Version - Download Full Resolution JPG (8580 x 8580)


amazon book map visualization

Close-up of Book Cover Version


amazon book map visualization

Super Close-up of Book Cover Version

amazon book map visualization

Color Coding Key - Amazon Book Categories


amazon map color code key

a whopping 10,316,775 connections (edges) between books Amazon believed were related

10,316,775 connections (edges) between books Amazon believed were related

Items that were noted as being similar had attractive forces, bringing them together, often into large groups. Unsurprisingly, when we color coded by Amazon book category, there was an obvious coalescence. The way various high-level categorizations mix and meet also seems fairly logical.

The first visualization is a huge mosaic of book covers, tinted by their respective category colors. I can't produce this in one go at full resolution because the memory requires are enormous. The second version uses color-coded dots.