The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Ranking chart by Hugh in next post.

The shortlisted books:

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Arabic / Omani), tr. Marilyn Booth (Sandstone Press Ltd)

The Years by Annie Ernaux (French / French), tr. Alison L. Strayer (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann (German / German), tr. Jen Calleja (Profile Books, Serpent's Tail)

Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish / Polish), tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Spanish / Colombian), tr. Anne McLean (Quercus, MacLehose Press)

The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán (Spanish / Chilean), tr. Sophie Hughes (And Other Stories)

The longlist ranking thread is here.

League tables (links now fixed):

SHORTLIST RANKINGS ONLY:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STDev
1, The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez , 2.07, 1.29, 14, 8, 0.85
2, The Years by Annie Ernaux , 2.21, 1.40, 14, 4, 0.81
3, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran , 2.92, 2.07, 13, 1, 0.91
4, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk , 3.64, 2.90, 14, 1, 1.30
5, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi , 3.85, 3.02, 13, 1, 1.26
6, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann , 5.90, 4.90, 10, 0, 1.69

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Years by Annie Ernaux , 2.21, 31, 14, 4
2, The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez , 2.07, 30, 14, 8
3, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran , 2.92, 10, 13, 1
4, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk , 3.64, -10, 14, 1
5, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi , 3.85, -13, 13, 1
6, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann , 5.90, -48, 10, 0

INCLUDING LONGLIST RANKINGS

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STDev
1, The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez , 2.00, 1.22, 15, 9, 0.85
2, The Years by Annie Ernaux , 2.13, 1.39, 16, 5, 0.83
3, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran , 3.00, 2.26, 14, 1, 1.04
4, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk , 3.50, 2.99, 16, 1, 1.39
5, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi , 3.85, 3.02, 13, 1, 1.26
6, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann , 5.90, 4.90, 10, 0, 1.69

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez , 2.00, 33, 15, 9
1, The Years by Annie Ernaux , 2.13, 33, 16, 5
3, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran , 3.00, 7, 14, 1
4, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk , 3.50, -12, 16, 1
5, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi , 3.85, -13, 13, 1
6, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann , 5.90, -48, 10, 0

I've only read one of the shortlisted books so far, but it was a great start.

1) The Shape of the Ruins
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

1 Drive your Plow
2 The Years
3 The Remainder
4 Celestial Bodies

1. The Years
2. The Remainder
3. Drive your plow
4. Celestial Bodies
5. The Shape of the Ruins
6. The Pine Islands

(FAO Hugh re calculations - my ranking hasn't changed since 3 May; I just edited the post to add links to reviews.)

1. The Shape of the Ruins
2. The Years
3. Celestial Bodies
4= The Remainder
4= Drive Your Plow
6. The Pine Islands

Very underwhelming list.

1 Celestial Bodies (4 stars)
2 The Remainder (3.5 rounded up)
3 The Shape of the Ruins (3.5 rounded down)
5 Drive Your Plow (1.5 rounded up)
6 The Years (0*)

1 The Remainder
2 The Shape of the Ruins
3 The Years
4 Celestial Bodies
5 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
6 The Pine Islands

1. The years
2. The shape of the ruins
3. The remainder
4. Celestial bodies
5. Drive your plow...
6. The Pine Islands

1 The Shape of the Ruins
2 The Years
3 The Remainder
4 Celestial Bodies
5 Drive your Plow
6 The Pine Islands

(large gaps for me from 1/2 to 3/4 and from 3/4 to 5/6 although I could easily swap the order in the pairs)

1. The Shape of the Ruins
2. The Years
3. The Remainder
4. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
5. Celestial Bodies
6. The Pine Islands

I've read 5 and my ranking would be the same as Paul's, other than switching one of his pairs.

1 The Shape of the Ruins
2 The Years
3 Celestial Bodies
4 The Remainder
5 Drive your Plow

This means I think it is actually a strong list as everything has 4 (or 4.5, but I never round up to 5) stars.

1. Celestial Bodies
2. The Shape of the Ruins
3. The Years
4. Drive your Plow
5.
6. The Pine Islands

1. The Years
2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
3. The Shape of the Ruins

4. The Remainder
5. Celestial Bodies

6. The Pine Islands

1. The Years
2. Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead
3. Celestial Bodies
4. The Remainder
5. The Pine Islands
6. The Shape of the Ruins

1. The Shape Of The Ruins
2. The Remainder
3. Drive Your Plow...
4. The Years
5. Celestial Bodies
6. The Pine Islands