Goodreads-Computer-Books is a dataset of computer books scraped from the Goodreads website. The creator started collecting the data on January 18, 2021 and intends to update it frequently. Missing values have been imputed by the creator.
Use Cases
- Recommend computer books based on user ratings and reviews.
- Analyze trends in computer book popularity based on Goodreads data.
- Identify highly-rated computer books across different languages and publications.
- Build a book discovery tool for computer science readers.
Strengths
- Data is focused on the 'Computer' category from Goodreads.
- Missing values have been imputed by the creator.
- The creator intends to update the dataset frequently.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Goodreads website
- Collection Method
- Scraped via Webdriver
- Freshness
- The creator intends to update frequently, but last update date is unknown.