Subcategory
Non-Fiction
This index adds up the scores of 8 questions. 237 brands are ranked.
- Edition
- Nov 12, 2026
- Methodology
- v5.0
- Panel
- 6 AI surfaces
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands across every question in this category, ordered by GenRank score.
#BrandScore
- 1Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind180.4
- 2Thinking, Fast and Slow161.8
- 3Man's Search for Meaning99.2
- 4A Short History of Nearly Everything83.1
- 5In Cold Blood73.9
- 6The Warmth of Other Suns73.2
- 7Guns, Germs, and Steel68.4
- 8Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think59.5
- 9Killers of the Flower Moon57.3
- 10The Sixth Extinction54.7
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- 11Cosmos (Carl Sagan book)53.9
- 12Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup51.7
- 13The Psychology of Money49.9
- 14The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks46.5
- 15The Silk Roads: A New History of the World46.3
- 16Influence45.2
- 17Educated44.4
- 18The Little Book of Common Sense Investing43.9
- 19SPQR by Mary Beard42.9
- 20The Righteous Mind42.7
- 21The Dawn of Everything42.1
- 22A Random Walk Down Wall Street41.0
- 23Tara Westover40.3
- 24I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (book by Michelle McNamara)39.4
- 25Behave38.8
- 26The Devil in the White City37.6
- 27Patrick Radden Keefe37.0
- 28Your Money or Your Life36.5
- 29I Will Teach You to Be Rich34.1
- 30The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat34.0
- 31A Brief History of Time33.2
- 32Trivedi Science Book Prize33.0
- 33Thinking in Systems: A Primer31.7
- 34Helter Skelter31.5
- 35Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson30.9
- 36Isabel Wilkerson28.9
- 37The Body Keeps the Score28.8
- 38The Stranger Beside Me28.7
- 39Say Nothing28.0
- 40Apple28.0
- 41The Gene: An Intimate History26.1
- 42The Intelligent Investor25.8
- 43Rebecca Skloot25.4
- 44The Selfish Gene24.9
- 45Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience24.7
- 46An Immense World24.4
- 47The Simple Path to Wealth24.4
- 48Yuval Noah Harari24.3
- 49Viktor Frankl24.1
- 50The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing23.3
- 1Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind180.4
- 2Thinking, Fast and Slow161.8
- 3Man's Search for Meaning99.2
- 4A Short History of Nearly Everything83.1
- 5In Cold Blood73.9
- 6The Warmth of Other Suns73.2
- 7Guns, Germs, and Steel68.4
- 8Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think59.5
- 9Killers of the Flower Moon57.3
- 10The Sixth Extinction54.7
- 11Cosmos (Carl Sagan book)53.9
- 12Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup51.7
- 13The Psychology of Money49.9
- 14The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks46.5
- 15The Silk Roads: A New History of the World46.3
- 16Influence45.2
- 17Educated44.4
- 18The Little Book of Common Sense Investing43.9
- 19SPQR by Mary Beard42.9
- 20The Righteous Mind42.7
- 21The Dawn of Everything42.1
- 22A Random Walk Down Wall Street41.0
- 23Tara Westover40.3
- 24I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (book by Michelle McNamara)39.4
- 25Behave38.8
- 26The Devil in the White City37.6
- 27Patrick Radden Keefe37.0
- 28Your Money or Your Life36.5
- 29I Will Teach You to Be Rich34.1
- 30The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat34.0
- 31A Brief History of Time33.2
- 32Trivedi Science Book Prize33.0
- 33Thinking in Systems: A Primer31.7
- 34Helter Skelter31.5
- 35Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson30.9
- 36Isabel Wilkerson28.9
- 37The Body Keeps the Score28.8
- 38The Stranger Beside Me28.7
- 39Say Nothing28.0
- 40Apple28.0
- 41The Gene: An Intimate History26.1
- 42The Intelligent Investor25.8
- 43Rebecca Skloot25.4
- 44The Selfish Gene24.9
- 45Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience24.7
- 46An Immense World24.4
- 47The Simple Path to Wealth24.4
- 48Yuval Noah Harari24.3
- 49Viktor Frankl24.1
- 50The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing23.3
Top 50 of 237
The GenRank score sums each brand’s question-level visibility inside this category. Higher means AI names the brand more often and earlier. It is not bounded, so compare brands within one category, not across categories. Methodology
The questions behind this index
8Each question with its top three brands by GenRank score and how many brands its answers named.
Rank trend
Rank trends are drawn once two weekly editions under the same methodology exist. Only the first edition is in so far.
Named by surface
Each cell: of the surface's 8 answers, how many named the brand. Darker means named more often.
- Window
- Oct 18, 2026 ~ Nov 8, 2026
| Brand |  Google AI Overviews |  ChatGPT |  Claude |  Gemini | Google AI Mode |  Microsoft Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2Thinking, Fast and Slow | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3Man's Search for Meaning | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4A Short History of Nearly Everything | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5In Cold Blood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6The Warmth of Other Suns | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7Guns, Germs, and Steel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9Killers of the Flower Moon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10The Sixth Extinction | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11Cosmos (Carl Sagan book) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13The Psychology of Money | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15The Silk Roads: A New History of the World | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Named alongside
Brands named in the same answers in the last four weeks. Circle size: answers naming the brand. Line width: answers naming both.
- Answers naming the brand
- 2
- 7
- 22
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 16
- Answers naming the brand
- 2
- 7
- 22
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 16
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 22 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (15), Guns, Germs, and Steel (13), Man's Search for Meaning (12) |
| Thinking, Fast and Slow | 22 | Man's Search for Meaning (16), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (15), Guns, Germs, and Steel (11) |
| Man's Search for Meaning | 19 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (16), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (12), Guns, Germs, and Steel (8) |
| A Short History of Nearly Everything | 13 | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (11), Guns, Germs, and Steel (8), Thinking, Fast and Slow (8) |
| In Cold Blood | 7 | Killers of the Flower Moon (4), Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (4), The Devil in the White City (4) |
| The Warmth of Other Suns | 10 | Man's Search for Meaning (6), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (6), Educated (5) |
| Guns, Germs, and Steel | 13 | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (13), Thinking, Fast and Slow (11), Man's Search for Meaning (8) |
| Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | 7 | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (6), Guns, Germs, and Steel (5), Thinking, Fast and Slow (5) |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | 8 | Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (6), The Devil in the White City (5), The Warmth of Other Suns (4) |
| The Sixth Extinction | 9 | Man's Search for Meaning (4), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (4), Thinking, Fast and Slow (4) |
| Cosmos (Carl Sagan book) | 6 | A Short History of Nearly Everything (5), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (4), Thinking, Fast and Slow (3) |
| Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup | 7 | Killers of the Flower Moon (6), In Cold Blood (4), I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (book by Michelle McNamara) (4) |
| The Psychology of Money | 4 | The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (4), A Random Walk Down Wall Street (4), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (3) |
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | 8 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (6), Man's Search for Meaning (5), Educated (5) |
| The Silk Roads: A New History of the World | 7 | Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (4), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (4), The Dawn of Everything (3) |
| Influence | 6 | Man's Search for Meaning (5), Thinking, Fast and Slow (4), Behave (3) |
| Educated | 7 | Man's Search for Meaning (6), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (5), The Warmth of Other Suns (5) |
| The Little Book of Common Sense Investing | 4 | The Psychology of Money (4), A Random Walk Down Wall Street (4), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (3) |
| SPQR by Mary Beard | 3 | The Warmth of Other Suns (3), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2), Killers of the Flower Moon (1) |
| The Righteous Mind | 8 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (7), Man's Search for Meaning (6), Guns, Germs, and Steel (4) |
| The Dawn of Everything | 8 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (5), Man's Search for Meaning (4), Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (4) |
| A Random Walk Down Wall Street | 4 | The Psychology of Money (4), The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (4), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (3) |
| Tara Westover | 4 | Educated (4), Man's Search for Meaning (3), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (3) |
| I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (book by Michelle McNamara) | 4 | Killers of the Flower Moon (4), Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (4), In Cold Blood (4) |
| Behave | 4 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (4), Man's Search for Meaning (3), Influence (3) |
| The Devil in the White City | 6 | Killers of the Flower Moon (5), In Cold Blood (4), Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (3) |
| Patrick Radden Keefe | 2 | Educated (2), The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2), Tara Westover (2) |
| Your Money or Your Life | 2 | The Psychology of Money (1), I Will Teach You to Be Rich (1), The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (1) |
| I Will Teach You to Be Rich | 3 | The Psychology of Money (3), The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (3), A Random Walk Down Wall Street (3) |
| The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | 4 | Thinking, Fast and Slow (4), Behave (3), Man's Search for Meaning (2) |
Most cited sources
Sites cited by the answers to this category's questions and its subcategories'. Counts are citing answers. All of this week's questions. Earlier ranks appear once two weekly runs of the same methodology exist.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | goodreads.com | 13 |
| 2 | fivebooks.com | 12 |
| 3 | shortform.com | 8 |
| 4 | penguinrandomhouse.com | 8 |
| 5 | shopping.google.com | 6 |
| 6 | panmacmillan.com | 5 |
| 7 | reddit.com | 5 |
| 8 | facebook.com | 4 |
| 9 | youtube.com | 4 |
| 10 | skriuwer.com | 4 |
Sources and brands
Which cited sources appear in the answers that name each brand, counted in answers.
| Cited sources | Brand | Answers naming the brand |
|---|---|---|
| goodreads.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 7 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | The Warmth of Other Suns | 6 |
| goodreads.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 6 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 6 |
| goodreads.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 6 |
| goodreads.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 6 |
| fivebooks.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 5 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 5 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 4 |
| fivebooks.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 4 |
| panmacmillan.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 4 |
| fivebooks.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 4 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 4 |
| shortform.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 4 |
| goodreads.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 4 |
| panmacmillan.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 4 |
| shortform.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 4 |
| shortform.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 4 |
| shortform.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 4 |
| fivebooks.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 4 |
| fivebooks.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 4 |
| panmacmillan.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 3 |
| goodreads.com | Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | 3 |
| markmanson.net | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 3 |
| markmanson.net | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 3 |
| markmanson.net | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 3 |
| panmacmillan.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 3 |
| panmacmillan.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 3 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 3 |
| shortform.com | In Cold Blood | 3 |
| shortform.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 3 |
| markmanson.net | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 2 |
| shortform.com | The Warmth of Other Suns | 2 |
| bookbub.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 2 |
| panmacmillan.com | The Warmth of Other Suns | 2 |
| irisreading.com | Man's Search for Meaning | 2 |
| panmacmillan.com | In Cold Blood | 2 |
| irisreading.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 2 |
| markmanson.net | Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | 2 |
| bookbub.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 2 |
| bookbub.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 2 |
| goodreads.com | In Cold Blood | 2 |
| bookbub.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 2 |
| goodreads.com | The Warmth of Other Suns | 2 |
| fivebooks.com | In Cold Blood | 2 |
| bookbub.com | The Warmth of Other Suns | 2 |
| penguinrandomhouse.com | In Cold Blood | 2 |
| fivebooks.com | The Warmth of Other Suns | 2 |
| irisreading.com | Guns, Germs, and Steel | 2 |
| irisreading.com | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | 2 |
| bookbub.com | In Cold Blood | 1 |
| irisreading.com | A Short History of Nearly Everything | 1 |
| bookbub.com | Thinking, Fast and Slow | 1 |
| markmanson.net | Man's Search for Meaning | 1 |
Citations by source type
How many citations in this edition point at each kind of source.
Other indexes in Books & Literature
The other indexes under the same parent, each with its top five brands.