Book lists on Amazon by those with good domain knowledge might be somewhat similar to this? (or for programming maybe the recommended short reading lists often

Book lists on Amazon by those with good domain knowledge might be somewhat similar to this? (or for programming maybe the recommended short reading lists often posted on HN). And I think that was the objective of many of the any subject Bible type books that attempted to be comprehensive / condensed references in a single book. Just a thought, maybe you tackle the problem instead at the recommendation level - rank books based on an aggregate of recommendation lists, sales rank, etc, to identify 'good' core books for any subject, as well identify those not often recommended that might be too 'fluffy' or what folks consider 'core' recommendations for a subject.