It should be noted that there is plenty of
priorresearch
using a similar methodology to the data presented here. In fact, those posts
have more complete data than is presented here, as there are a relatively
high proportion of Dragon finalists that don't have ISBNs, and thus we can't
get stats for them in an automated manner via
the
Goodreads API.
Slightly awkward-to-read scale on this one, because we have very few
data points, and they're all relatively close together. This should
probably sort itself out once this category has been run for another year
or two.
Commentary
The Dragon Awards haven't been running long enough to be able to produce particularly interesting charts from their results. However, they have been controversial in some circles due to their claim to "be a true reflection of the works that are genuinely most beloved by the core audience."
It should be noted that there is plenty of prior research using a similar methodology to the data presented here. In fact, those posts have more complete data than is presented here, as there are a relatively high proportion of Dragon finalists that don't have ISBNs, and thus we can't get stats for them in an automated manner via the Goodreads API.