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AI Book Discoverability Index · genre

Historical fiction

7,920 citations · 656 distinct domains · Reddit cited 75× here · live index, updated continuously (18 Jul 2026)

The 10 sources AI cites most for historical fiction

'Books' = how many distinct audited titles the source was cited for — every ranked domain must span at least two, so one book can never skew the list. Click a domain to see a real cited URL.

1goodreads.com58854 bks
2fivebooks.com50854 bks
3booksofbrilliance.com48854 bks
4en.wikipedia.org46944 bks
5penguinrandomhouse.com45447 bks
6bookthoughtsfrombed.com30236 bks
7youtube.com28136 bks
8facebook.com18122 bks
9readingladies.com17035 bks
10audible.com15728 bks
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🔑 Niche kingmakers (outliers)

Domains that punch above their weight inside this genre but barely register globally — the hidden gatekeepers AI trusts here specifically.

bookthoughtsfrombed.com302× hereacross 36 books#1 in genre · #58 global
readingladies.com170× hereacross 35 books#2 in genre · #109 global
shesbecomingbookish.com136× hereacross 35 books#3 in genre · #148 global
historythroughfiction.com58× hereacross 29 books#4 in genre · #346 global
thenewcanon.com56× hereacross 24 books#5 in genre · #341 global
turnerpublishing.com50× hereacross 22 books#6 in genre · #328 global

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Where AI gets its historical fiction book recommendations

Historical fiction — top sources card

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  <img src="https://visibility.publishing.co.uk/book-index/embed/genre-historical-fiction"
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<p>Source: <a href="https://visibility.publishing.co.uk/book-index/historical-fiction">
publishing.co.uk AI Book Discoverability Index</a></p>

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Built from live citations across the four citation-transparent engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). A domain must be cited for at least two different audited books to rank; domains sourced ≥70% from one title are excluded. Book-level scores and the full domain list are part of the £29.99 report. Full detail: methodology.