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Re:Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books by StavrosK on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:32PM (#19117828)
What percentage of "good" books include an index?
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Re:Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books by marcosdumay on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:56PM (#19118052)
For non-fiction, I think I have always unconsciously followed the GP rule, because I don't remember any book, good or bad, that lacked one.

Fiction, of course, rarely gets one.

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Re:Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books by madcaptenor on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:46PM (#19118503)
I can't think of any fiction that has an index. Do you have examples?
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Re:Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books by madcaptenor on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:52PM (#19118555)
Answering my own question: the American Society for Indexers has a list. https://www.asindexing.org/about-indexing/indexes-and-indexe...
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Re:Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books by alephx on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:45PM (#19117954)
Life is too short to read 99% books.
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