Who Writes Like Me: Literature Maps

I recently came across Literature-Map, awebsite that has some magic formula it uses to predict which authors you will like based on the name you give them. So say you adore Hemingway and are hoping to find an author you’ll adore just as much. You go to this website and type in his name, and up pops a map. You can see Hemingway’s map here.

According to this map, you will probably like Faulkner and Salinger (because their names are closest in proximity to Hemingway’s), and you probably won’tli...