Website Idea - Sort by Popular

[Olivia]

Hello all!

I'm a longtime fan of Standard Ebooks and, as the project has grown, I've found that's a little more challenging to browse the selection and find something relevant to my interests if I'm not looking for something particular. Would it be of interest to the project to add a "Popular" or "Most Downloaded" sorting option to the ebook list? I love seeing what's trending at my library on Libby and find a lot of my favorite books that way, and I think a similar feature could be lovely with Standard Ebooks.

Best,

Olivia

[David]

That's great you're enjoying Std Ebooks, and thanks for your interest.

This kind of question gets asked from time to time, and the usual reply is that the project hasn't tracked downloads, and can't supply that kind of sorting option.

Things do change, though, and you'll probably get a more authoritative (and informative!) reply than this holding note. Meanwhile, I'm sure you're aware of the broad "genre" filter on the ebooks page, so there's at least that.

Also—although it's not explicitly signalled—the search box on that page searches not only authors and titles, but all the Library of Congress subject headings present in each book's (rich!) metadata.

I hope this helps in the meanwhile!

David / Fife, UK

[Weijia Cheng]

In the meantime, have you tried browsing by collection? Some of the "top xxx" collections might be a good starting point for this kind of browsing.

[Alex Cabal]

We are currently working on sort by popularity, so you may see it soonish.

On 7/11/25 6:08 AM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> In the meantime, have you tried browsing by collection <https://
> standardebooks.org/collections>? Some of the "top xxx" collections might

> be a good starting point for this kind of browsing.
>
> On Friday, July 11, 2025 at 7:03:36 AM UTC-4 David wrote:
>
> That's great you're enjoying Std Ebooks, and thanks for your interest.
>
> This kind of question gets asked from time to time, and the usual
> reply is that the project hasn't tracked downloads, and can't supply
> that kind of sorting option.
>
> Things do change, though, and you'll probably get a more
> authoritative (and informative!) reply than this holding note.
> Meanwhile, I'm sure you're aware of the broad "genre" filter on the

> ebooks page <https://standardebooks.org/ebooks>, so there's at least

> that.
>
> Also—although it's not explicitly signalled—the search box on that
> page searches not only authors and titles, but all the Library of
> Congress subject headings present in each book's (rich!) metadata.
>
> I hope this helps in the meanwhile!
>
> David / Fife, UK
>
> On Friday, 11 July 2025 at 04:12:52 UTC+1 Olivia wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> I'm a longtime fan of Standard Ebooks and, as the project has
> grown, I've found that's a little more challenging to browse the
> selection and find something relevant to my interests if I'm not
> looking for something particular. Would it be of interest to the
> project to add a "Popular" or "Most Downloaded" sorting option
> to the ebook list? I love seeing what's trending at my library
> on Libby and find a lot of my favorite books that way, and I
> think a similar feature could be lovely with Standard Ebooks.
>
> Best,
> Olivia
>

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