The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules - one entry per person, use the main discussion thread for general chat

These are the 25 longlisted books:

Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament by In Koli Jean Bofane, translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager (Democratic Republic of Congo, Indiana University Press)

The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani, translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud (Morocco, New Directions)

A Dead Rose by Aurora Cáceres, translated from the Spanish by Laura Kanost (Peru, Stockcero)

Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue, translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen (China, Yale University Press)

Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau, translated from the French by Linda Coverdale (Martinique, New Press)

Wedding Worries by Stig Dagerman, translated from the Swedish by Paul Norlen and Lo Dagerman (Sweden, David Godine)

Pretty Things by Virginie Despentes, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan, (France, Feminist Press)

Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated from the French by Tina Kover (Iran, Europa Editions)

Dézafi by Frankétienne, translated from the French by Asselin Charles (published by Haiti, University of Virginia Press)

The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden (Argentina, Open Letter)

Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva, translated from the Russian by Carol Apollonio (Russia, Deep Vellum)

People in the Room by Norah Lange, translated from the Spanish by Charlotte Whittle (Argentina, And Other Stories)

Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary (Argentina, Coffee House)

Moon Brow by Shahriar Mandanipour, translated from the Persian by Khalili Sara (Iran, Restless Books)

Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer, translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire (Germany, Fitzcarraldo Editions)

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori (Japan, Grove)

After the Winter by Guadalupe Nettel, translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey (Mexico, Coffee House)

Transparent City by Ondjaki, translated from the Portuguese by Stephen Henighan (Angola, Biblioasis)

Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu Ono, translated from the Japanese by Angus Turvill (Japan, Two Lines Press)

The Governesses by Anne Serre, translated from the French by Mark Hutchinson (France, New Directions)

Oraefi: The Wasteland by Ófeigur Sigurðsson, translated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith (Iceland, Deep Vellum)

Codex 1962: A Trilogy by Sjón, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb (Iceland, FSG)

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft (Poland, Riverhead)

Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić, translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursac and David Williams (Croatia, Open Letter)

Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama, translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai (Japan, FSG)

League Tables

Note that I have also included rankings from the main discussion thread for Sam and Tony

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STDev
1, Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić, 1.67, 1.80, 6, 4, 0.81
2, Wedding Worries by Stig Dagerman, 4.00, 4.13, 2, 0, 0.69
3, Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva, 6.00, 5.00, 1, 0, 0.58
4, Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau, 3.67, 5.92, 3, 1, 1.48
5, Oraefi: The Wasteland by Ófeigur Sigurðsson, 8.50, 7.77, 2, 1, 1.74
6, Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, 4.50, 7.97, 10, 3, 4.04
7, Moon Brow by Shahriar Mandanipour, 6.50, 8.00, 2, 0, 1.46
8, The Governesses by Anne Serre, 5.60, 8.92, 5, 0, 2.64
9, Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, 5.67, 9.83, 3, 0, 2.09
10, Codex 1962: A Trilogy by Sjón, 5.86, 10.08, 7, 0, 3.32
11, The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani, 6.67, 10.37, 3, 0, 2.18
12, People in the Room by Norah Lange, 5.80, 10.72, 5, 0, 2.94
13, Pretty Things by Virginie Despentes, 6.50, 11.48, 4, 0, 2.97
14, The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán, 7.80, 12.13, 5, 0, 3.44
15, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, 6.33, 12.23, 6, 0, 3.67
16, Transparent City by Ondjaki, 13.50, 12.50, 2, 0, 2.12
17, Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, 7.00, 12.67, 5, 0, 3.58
18, Dézafi by Frankétienne, 15.50, 14.50, 2, 0, 2.75
19, Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama, 15.00, 14.56, 3, 0, 3.30
20, Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu Ono, 8.00, 15.38, 6, 0, 4.46
21, Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer, 7.50, 15.94, 2, 0, 2.88
22, After the Winter by Guadalupe Nettel, 11.75, 18.89, 4, 0, 4.33
23, Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament by In Koli Jean Bofane, 10.33, 19.12, 3, 0, 3.97
24, Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue, 12.25, 19.40, 4, 0, 4.48
25, A Dead Rose by Aurora Cáceres, 22.50, 21.50, 2, 0, 3.53

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić, 1.67, 57, 6, 4
2, Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, 4.50, 37, 10, 3
3, Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau, 3.67, 20, 3, 1
4, Wedding Worries by Stig Dagerman, 4.00, 15, 2, 0
5, Codex 1962: A Trilogy by Sjón, 5.86, 13, 7, 0
6, Moon Brow by Shahriar Mandanipour, 6.50, 10, 2, 0
7, Oraefi: The Wasteland by Ófeigur Sigurðsson, 8.50, 7, 2, 1
8, The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani, 6.67, 6, 3, 0
8, People in the Room by Norah Lange, 5.80, 6, 5, 0
10, The Governesses by Anne Serre, 5.60, 4, 5, 0
11, Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, 5.67, 3, 3, 0
12, Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva, 6.00, 2, 1, 0
13, Pretty Things by Virginie Despentes, 6.50, 0, 4, 0
14, The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán, 7.80, -2, 5, 0
15, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, 6.33, -5, 6, 0
16, Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, 7.00, -7, 5, 0
17, Dézafi by Frankétienne, 15.50, -9, 2, 0
17, Transparent City by Ondjaki, 13.50, -9, 2, 0
17, Bricks and Mortar by Clemens Meyer, 7.50, -9, 2, 0
20, Seventeen by Hideo Yokoyama, 15.00, -13, 3, 0
21, Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament by In Koli Jean Bofane, 10.33, -17, 3, 0
22, Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu Ono, 8.00, -22, 6, 0
23, A Dead Rose by Aurora Cáceres, 22.50, -25, 2, 0
24, After the Winter by Guadalupe Nettel, 11.75, -29, 4, 0
25, Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue, 12.25, -33, 4, 0

Yes:
1. Oraefi https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Flights https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Governesses https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Fox
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. CoDex 1962 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Maybe:
6. Disoriental https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. People in the Room
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. Convenience Store Woman https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. Comemadre
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
No:
10. Lion Cross Point https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. Love in the New Millennium
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. Bricks and Mortar https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Here is my place holder

1, Fox
2. Wedding Worries
3. Codex 1962
4. Slave Old Man
5. The Hospital
6. Lion Cross Point
7. Pretty Things
8. Dezafi
9. Flights
10. After the Winter
11. The Governessess
12. The Bottom of the Sky
13. Congo Inc: Bismarck's Testament

1 Flights
2 People in The Room

1. Flights
2. Convenience Store Woman

6. Bride and Groom
7. Convenience Store Woman

17. Flights

1. Fox
2. The Governesses
3. People in the Room
4. Codex 1962
5. Comemadre
6. Lion Cross Point
7. After the Winter
8. Flights

1. Dubravka Ugresic – Fox
2. Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman
3. Olga Tokarczuk – Flights
4. Patrick Chamoiseau - Slave Old Man
5. Shahriar Mandanipour - Moon Brow
6. Stig Dagerman - Wedding Worries
7. Ahmed Bouanani - The Hospital
8. Négar Djavadi - Disoriental
9. Norah Lange - People in the Room
10. Rodrigo Fresán - Bottom of the Sky
11. Ófeigur Sigurðsson – Oraefi
10. Clemens Meyer - Bricks and Mortar
13. Sjon - CoDex 1962
14. In Koli Jean Bofane - Congo Inc.: Bismarck’s Testament
15. Ondjaki - Transparent City
16. Can Xue - Love in the New Millennium
17. Hideo Yokoyama – Seventeen
18. Guadalupe Nettel - After the Winter
19. Roque Larraquy - Comemadre
20. Anne Serre - The Governesses
21. Franketienne – Dezafi
22. Alisa Ganieva - Bride and Groom
23. Masatsugu Onot - Lion Cross Point
24. Virginie Despentes - Pretty Things
25. Aurora Caceres - Dead Rose

Updated rankings.

1. Fox
2. Flights
3. Seventeen
4. Bottom ofvthe Sky
5. Slave, Old Man
6. Codex 1962
7. Hospital
8. Moon Brow
9. Disoriental
10. Lion Cross Point
11. Convenience Store Woman
12. Pretty Things
13. Comemadre
14. After the Winter
15. Love in the New Millenium

Note: I am not completely finished with Flights or Pretty Things but don't see my ranking of them changing.
The rest I have not read yet and I would expect at least one to break my top ten.

Updated rankings
1. Fox
2. CoDex 1962
3. The Governesses
4. Comemadre
5. Pretty Things
6. The Hospital
7. The Bottom of the Sky
8. Flights
9. Congo, Inc.