Abstract
In Brazil, each region has its own cultural identity regarding accent, gastronomy, traditions, all of which may reflect in its literature. Country's background and contextual features may be directly related to what people read. Hence, we perform a cross-state comparison analysis based on Brazilian reading preferences through a multipartite network model. Also, we explore the effects of socioeconomic and demographic factors on favorite books and literary genres. Such cross-state analyses highlight how the country is culturally wealthy, where each region has its own distinctive personality. Our findings offer great opportunities for the Brazilian book industry by enhancing current knowledge on social indicators related to reading preferences.
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BraCID 
Brazilian Cultural Identity Information
Through Reading Preferences
We present an enhanced dataset that comprises cultural, geographic, and socioeconomic information to explore Brazilian cultural identity through reading preference. As our main data source, we chose the Goodreads website due to the sheer volume of data available and its organized and easily accessible API. To investigate the Brazilian reading identity, we consider a medley of demographic and socioeconomic data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE): including territorial area, population estimate, demographic density, Human Development Index (HDI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and monthly household income per capita.
