The Venice-O-Meter as a metric of how Venice-centered a book is.
Venice-O-Meter 10
A book specifically about Venice
Venice-O-Meter 8-9
A book about an aspect of Venice, or a piece of fiction that is set in Venice and in which the city plays an important part
Venice-O-Meter 6-7
A book that’s partly about Venice, or a piece of fiction that treats Venice like a theater setting that the characters don’t really interact with
Venice-O-Meter 1 to 5
Venice-adjacent book (a novel that is marginally set in Venice, an essay that touches on Venice (or an aspect of Venice)
Reading Venice 
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