Subcategory
Mystery & Thriller
This index adds up the scores of 8 questions. 309 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
- 1The Murder of Roger Ackroyd113.2
- 2The Hound of the Baskervilles102.6
- 3And Then There Were None88.9
- 4The Maltese Falcon88.4
- 5The Big Sleep86.6
- 6The Moonstone80.3
- 7John Grisham76.3
- 8Presumed Innocent75.6
- 9The Firm69.0
- 10The Spy Who Came in from the Cold65.5
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- 11Gone Girl65.4
- 12Gillian Flynn64.6
- 13Scott Turow64.4
- 14Freida McFadden62.2
- 15The Name of the Rose61.0
- 16The Daughter of Time60.0
- 17The Silence of the Lambs (film)59.1
- 18Miss Marple books53.5
- 19Michael Connelly52.7
- 20Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy50.8
- 21The Thursday Murder Club48.6
- 22Anatomy of a Murder46.3
- 23The Lincoln Lawyer (novel)46.0
- 24Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot45.7
- 25Netflix44.0
- 26Robert Traver41.5
- 27Harlan Coben41.1
- 28Rebecca41.0
- 29Lisa Jewell40.4
- 30The Talented Mr. Ripley39.3
- 31Gaudy Night38.5
- 32A Time to Kill38.0
- 33The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo37.3
- 34Broadchurch36.6
- 35Sherlock36.5
- 36The Quiet American35.7
- 37Primal Fear33.5
- 38The Murder at the Vicarage33.4
- 39The Mask of Dimitrios31.3
- 40The Cat Who Could Read Backwards30.8
- 41Alice Feeney29.9
- 42Agatha Raisin Series29.3
- 43The Dublin Murder Squad series29.2
- 44Mindhunter28.2
- 45The Murders in the Rue Morgue28.0
- 46John le Carré28.0
- 47The Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series28.0
- 48Mare of Easttown27.9
- 49In the Woods27.8
- 50True Detective27.0
- 1The Murder of Roger Ackroyd113.2
- 2The Hound of the Baskervilles102.6
- 3And Then There Were None88.9
- 4The Maltese Falcon88.4
- 5The Big Sleep86.6
- 6The Moonstone80.3
- 7John Grisham76.3
- 8Presumed Innocent75.6
- 9The Firm69.0
- 10The Spy Who Came in from the Cold65.5
- 11Gone Girl65.4
- 12Gillian Flynn64.6
- 13Scott Turow64.4
- 14Freida McFadden62.2
- 15The Name of the Rose61.0
- 16The Daughter of Time60.0
- 17The Silence of the Lambs (film)59.1
- 18Miss Marple books53.5
- 19Michael Connelly52.7
- 20Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy50.8
- 21The Thursday Murder Club48.6
- 22Anatomy of a Murder46.3
- 23The Lincoln Lawyer (novel)46.0
- 24Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot45.7
- 25Netflix44.0
- 26Robert Traver41.5
- 27Harlan Coben41.1
- 28Rebecca41.0
- 29Lisa Jewell40.4
- 30The Talented Mr. Ripley39.3
- 31Gaudy Night38.5
- 32A Time to Kill38.0
- 33The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo37.3
- 34Broadchurch36.6
- 35Sherlock36.5
- 36The Quiet American35.7
- 37Primal Fear33.5
- 38The Murder at the Vicarage33.4
- 39The Mask of Dimitrios31.3
- 40The Cat Who Could Read Backwards30.8
- 41Alice Feeney29.9
- 42Agatha Raisin Series29.3
- 43The Dublin Murder Squad series29.2
- 44Mindhunter28.2
- 45The Murders in the Rue Morgue28.0
- 46John le Carré28.0
- 47The Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series28.0
- 48Mare of Easttown27.9
- 49In the Woods27.8
- 50True Detective27.0
Top 50 of 309
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3And Then There Were None | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4The Maltese Falcon | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5The Big Sleep | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6The Moonstone | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7John Grisham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8Presumed Innocent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9The Firm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11Gone Girl | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12Gillian Flynn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13Scott Turow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14Freida McFadden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15The Name of the Rose | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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
- 15
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 15
- Answers naming the brand
- 2
- 7
- 15
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 15
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 15 | The Big Sleep (15), The Hound of the Baskervilles (15), The Maltese Falcon (15) |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | 15 | The Big Sleep (15), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (15), The Maltese Falcon (15) |
| And Then There Were None | 14 | The Big Sleep (14), The Hound of the Baskervilles (14), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (14) |
| The Maltese Falcon | 15 | The Big Sleep (15), The Hound of the Baskervilles (15), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (15) |
| The Big Sleep | 15 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (15), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (15), The Maltese Falcon (15) |
| The Moonstone | 13 | The Name of the Rose (13), The Big Sleep (13), The Hound of the Baskervilles (13) |
| John Grisham | 8 | Scott Turow (7), The Firm (6), Michael Connelly (6) |
| Presumed Innocent | 7 | Scott Turow (6), The Firm (6), John Grisham (6) |
| The Firm | 6 | Scott Turow (6), Presumed Innocent (6), John Grisham (6) |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | 5 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (4) |
| Gone Girl | 9 | Rebecca (6), The Name of the Rose (6), The Big Sleep (6) |
| Gillian Flynn | 8 | Freida McFadden (5), Lisa Jewell (5), Harlan Coben (5) |
| Scott Turow | 7 | John Grisham (7), The Firm (6), Michael Connelly (6) |
| Freida McFadden | 6 | Gillian Flynn (5), Lisa Jewell (4), Harlan Coben (4) |
| The Name of the Rose | 14 | The Big Sleep (14), The Hound of the Baskervilles (14), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (14) |
| The Daughter of Time | 12 | The Big Sleep (12), The Hound of the Baskervilles (12), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (12) |
| The Silence of the Lambs (film) | 4 | Gone Girl (3), Rebecca (2), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1) |
| Miss Marple books | 4 | Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot (2), The Thursday Murder Club (2), Netflix (1) |
| Michael Connelly | 8 | Scott Turow (6), John Grisham (6), The Lincoln Lawyer (novel) (5) |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 4 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (4) |
| The Thursday Murder Club | 5 | Miss Marple books (2) |
| Anatomy of a Murder | 5 | Robert Traver (5), Scott Turow (5), The Firm (5) |
| The Lincoln Lawyer (novel) | 5 | Scott Turow (5), The Firm (5), Michael Connelly (5) |
| Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot | 4 | Miss Marple books (2), Netflix (1) |
| Netflix | 2 | Miss Marple books (1), Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot (1) |
| Robert Traver | 5 | Scott Turow (5), Anatomy of a Murder (5), The Firm (5) |
| Harlan Coben | 6 | Gillian Flynn (5), Freida McFadden (4), Lisa Jewell (2) |
| Rebecca | 7 | Gone Girl (6), The Name of the Rose (5), The Big Sleep (5) |
| Lisa Jewell | 5 | Gillian Flynn (5), Freida McFadden (4), Michael Connelly (2) |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | 8 | The Moonstone (7), The Name of the Rose (7), The Big Sleep (7) |
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 | 18 |
| 2 | penguin.co.uk | 12 |
| 3 | youtube.com | 10 |
| 4 | collider.com | 8 |
| 5 | reddit.com | 8 |
| 6 | imdb.com | 7 |
| 7 | penguinrandomhouse.com | 6 |
| 8 | fivebooks.com | 6 |
| 9 | shopping.google.com | 4 |
| 10 | shortform.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 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 4 |
| goodreads.com | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 4 |
| goodreads.com | The Big Sleep | 4 |
| goodreads.com | And Then There Were None | 4 |
| goodreads.com | The Maltese Falcon | 4 |
| time.com | And Then There Were None | 3 |
| shortform.com | The Moonstone | 3 |
| shortform.com | The Big Sleep | 3 |
| shortform.com | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 3 |
| shortform.com | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 3 |
| shortform.com | And Then There Were None | 3 |
| shortform.com | The Maltese Falcon | 3 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | The Moonstone | 3 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | The Big Sleep | 3 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 3 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 3 |
| time.com | The Big Sleep | 3 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | And Then There Were None | 3 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | The Maltese Falcon | 3 |
| time.com | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 3 |
| time.com | The Moonstone | 3 |
| goodreads.com | The Moonstone | 3 |
| time.com | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 3 |
| time.com | The Maltese Falcon | 3 |
| goodreads.com | John Grisham | 3 |
| collider.com | The Moonstone | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | The Maltese Falcon | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | And Then There Were None | 2 |
| collider.com | The Big Sleep | 2 |
| collider.com | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2 |
| collider.com | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 2 |
| collider.com | And Then There Were None | 2 |
| collider.com | The Maltese Falcon | 2 |
| goodreads.com | Presumed Innocent | 2 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | The Moonstone | 2 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | The Big Sleep | 2 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 2 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | And Then There Were None | 2 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | The Maltese Falcon | 2 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | The Moonstone | 2 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | The Big Sleep | 2 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 2 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | And Then There Were None | 2 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | The Maltese Falcon | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | The Moonstone | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | The Big Sleep | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | Presumed Innocent | 2 |
| penguin.co.uk | John Grisham | 2 |
| simple.wikipedia.org | Presumed Innocent | 1 |
| martinhillortiz.blogspot.com | Presumed Innocent | 1 |
| jeffreyarcher.com | Presumed Innocent | 1 |
| time.com | Presumed Innocent | 1 |
| collider.com | John Grisham | 1 |
| collider.com | Presumed Innocent | 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.