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StavrosK
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What percentage of "good" books include an index?
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marcosdumay
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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.
madcaptenor
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I can't think of any fiction that has an index. Do you have examples?
madcaptenor
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Answering my own question: the American Society for Indexers has a list.
https://www.asindexing.org/about-indexing/indexes-and-indexe...
alephx
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Life is too short to read 99% books.
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