I think two important characteristics are - The importance of the theorem itself - The extent of connections within the subject These two are not, of course, mutually exclusive! This book is a recent discussion of mathematical style which has 99 proofs. A really great read. @BOOK{Ording2019, title = {99 Variations on a Proof}, author = {Ording, P.}, publisher = {Princeton University Press}, address = {Princeton and Oxford}, year = {2019}, isbn = {9780691158839}, } and this book collects together proofs of $\sqrt{2}$ is irrational. @BOOK{Duchene2010, author = {Duch\^{e}ne, L. and LeBlanc, A.}, title = {Rationnel mon Q: 65 exercices de styles}, publisher = {Hermann}, year = {2010}, }