This repository contains public literary and cultural datasets curated by the Post45 Data Collective. Each dataset includes associated metadata and documentation.
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| Feminist Bookstore News | Julie R. Enszer, Salome Grasland, Cassidy Hunt, Michaela Hayes | Jan 9, 2025 | Archival metadata from Feminist Bookstore News (1976–2000). | Show DetailsThis dataset contains metadata for all articles and issues of Feminist Bookstore News from 1976 to 2000. |
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| NEA Writing Fellowships | Alexander Manshel | Dec 11, 2024 | NEA fellows and demographics (1965–2024). | Show DetailsThis dataset contains a comprehensive list of writers sponsored by NEA fellowships from the organization’s founding in 1965 through 2024, including demographics, education, and geographic data. |
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| Nordic Noir Translation Database | Karl Berglund, Jesper Gulddal, Stewart King | Feb 1, 2024 | Nordic crime fiction in English translation (2000–2020). | Show DetailsThis dataset contains bibliographic records of all translations of Nordic crime fiction for adults, written in Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish and published in English during 2000–2020. |
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| Major Literary Prizes | Claire Grossman, Juliana Spahr, Stephanie Young | Dec 5, 2022 | Prize winners and judges (1918–2020). | Show DetailsThe Index of Major Literary Prizes in the US includes data on the winners and judges of prizes for prose, poetry, or unspecified genres between 1918 and 2020 with a purse of $10,000 or more. |
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| NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers | Jordan Pruett | Feb 1, 2022 | Bestseller metadata from 1931 to 2020. | Show DetailsThe New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers dataset includes metadata about bestselling books from 1931 through 2020. |
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| Iowa Writers’ Workshop | Nicholas Kelley, Nicole White, Loren Glass | Apr 21, 2021 | Writer and publication metadata. | Show DetailsThe Program Era Project (PEP) has assembled three datasets related to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (IWW), one of the most prestigious MFA programs in the US, including data on demographics, publications, and education. |
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| HathiTrust Fiction | Ted Underwood | Apr 21, 2021 | Fiction metadata and IDs from HathiTrust (1945–2013). | Show DetailsThis dataset contains metadata and HathiTrust IDs for fiction held by the HathiTrust Digital Library published between 1945 and 2013. |
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| Futuristic Fiction | — | 2025 | Narrative works set in the future. | Show DetailsThis dataset contains metadata for 2,564 English-language narrative works set in the future, each marked with its release year and the year it takes place. |
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| Selected British Literary Prizes | Katherine Binhammer, Kanika Batra, Theo Gray, Maryse Jayasuriya | May 22, 2025 | British literary prize winners and shortlists (1990–2022). | Show DetailsThe Selected British Literary Prizes (SBLP) dataset contains information on nine major literary prizes in the U.K. from 1990 to 2022 and demographic information on 682 prize winners and shortlisted authors. Prizes include the James Tait Black, Costa, Booker, Women’s, Gold Dagger, British Science Fiction, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, and Baillie Gifford. |
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