The AI Lab · live data, every week
The research behind getting your book recommended.
Readers now ask ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini what to read next. We don’t guess what those answers contain. Every week we ask all three the same reader questions in 16 genres, chart the books they name and log the sources they cite. That’s what our advice to authors is built on, and what Book Score measures your book against.
The data assets · free to explore
The research the whole estate runs on.
The AI Shelf.
Every week we ask ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini the same reader questions in 16 genres and chart the books they name. See which books AI is recommending in yours.
See the AI Shelf → The 2026 study · where AI sends readersA quarter of books never come up.
Before the AI Shelf, our citation index logged 141,282 sources the assistants cited across 981 books in 16 genres (July 2026). A quarter of those books were never named, and AI leaned on Goodreads, Wikipedia, YouTube and best-of lists far more than on shops.
Read the findings →Built on the lab · for authors
Does AI recommend your book?
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Book Score
Is your book being recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini right now? Paste your Amazon link: we read your page, ask the assistants the questions readers ask, and give you a score out of 100 and your first three fixes. The full report adds 72 real answers, every fix written for you and who to contact.
Check your book free → What’s in a report → - The course · from £149
AI Discoverability for Authors
The complete self-paced course on getting discovered and recommended by AI — 39 lessons, 14 copy-paste templates, a 90-day action plan, all built on the Lab’s research.
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The five diagnostics
KDP readiness, cover readiness, ad conversion, AI discovery and editorial (coming 2027) — five free 60-second scores, one per publishing stage, refreshable every 90 days.
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For publishers and agencies · any title
Which of your titles does ChatGPT recommend?
Check any title free with Book Score. For a whole list we check every title each week, from £199 a month + VAT for 50 titles and up, or run a one-off catalogue check from £995 + VAT. Agencies can have the reports under their own name.