The Book Prize Index

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dickficklingJul 24, 2026, 2:48 PM
Discussed at length here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007247
ketzuJul 24, 2026, 12:18 PM
If only my ultra-wide monitor had enough horizontal space to show the full book title in the table view.
gregdaniels421Jul 24, 2026, 4:10 PM
It seems fine on my 4k screen, they just line wrapped the title, this is on firefox.
ketzuJul 25, 2026, 5:50 PM
On my firefox, any title not fitting in two lines (which are a lot of them) are cut off.

It is also worse on the "Browse By Subject" selection above the "ranked catalog" on the main page. (eg https://book-prize-index.vercel.app/subjects/science ) which I mostly used.

The "ranked catalog" is much better in that regard, thanks for making me aware of it :)

Index / Subjects / Science gives me: An Immense World: How Animal Senses...

Ranked Catalog (Science filter) gives me: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realm...

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It's not the end of the world, but for a few books it hides the theme a litte, eg

    "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
shows to me as

    "A Problem from Hell": America and...
tt_devJul 24, 2026, 11:36 AM
This is getting booked marked
cachiusJul 24, 2026, 1:48 PM
To the Book Mark Index