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-# GenreGalaxy
-https://afsanab.github.io/GenreGalaxy.github.io/
+# Genre Galaxy
+
+**Genre Galaxy** is an interactive data visualization tool designed to map and analyze the relationships between literary genres. This project utilizes a comprehensive dataset sourced from Goodreads to reveal patterns and connections between genres, providing insights for academic researchers, publishers, and literature enthusiasts.
+
+## Features
+
+- **Interactive Visualization**: Explore the interconnectedness of literary genres through an interactive network graph. Nodes represent genres, and edges indicate the strength of their co-occurrence.
+- **Search Functionality**: Search for specific books to highlight their associated genres and discover how they relate to other genres in the dataset.
+- **Dynamic Interaction**: Click on genre nodes to see all direct connections, with related genres ranked by their co-occurrence strength.
+
+## Technologies Used
+
+- **Python**: Core programming language used for data processing and application development.
+- **Dash**: Web framework for building the interactive application.
+- **Plotly**: Visualization library used to create the network graph and interactive elements.
+- **Pandas**: Data manipulation library for cleaning and processing the Goodreads dataset.
+- **NetworkX**: Library used to construct and analyze the network graph of genres.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. Clone the repository:
+   ```bash
+   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/genre-galaxy.git
+   cd genre-galaxy