Books by Country and Time

Below are maps of the post popular books on Goodreads, by geography (author's birthplace) and time (date first published). Books with fewer than 1000 ratings (500 for Japan) are not included in the visualizations. Positions will not be exact, as random jittering was added so books with identical birth places wouldn't overlap.

You can click the "Play" button to watch the new books published each year, as well as adjust the time interval, period range, and animation speed.

source: (mostly) Goodreads