The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

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These are the longlisted books

Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro translated by Frances Riddle (Charco Press), Argentina
Paradais by Fernanda Melchor translated by Sophie Hughes (Fitzcarraldo Editions), Mexico
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd (Picador), Japan
Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park translated by Anton Hur (Tilted Axis), South Korea
Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Ericson Pasaribu translated by Tiffany Tsao (Tilted Axis), Indonesia
The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman translated by Leslie Camhi (Scribner), France
More Than I Love my Life by David Grossman translated by Jessica Cohen (Jonathan Cape), Israel
After the Sun by Jonas Eika translated by Sherilyn Hellberg (Lolli Editions), Denmark
Phenotypes by Paulo Scott translated by Daniel Hahn (And Other Stories), Brazil
A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse translated by Damion Searls (Fitzcarraldo Editions), Norway
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree translated by Daisy Rockwell (Tilted Axis), India
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk translated by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo Editions), Poland
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung translated by Anton Hur (Honford Star), South Korea

LEAGUE TABLES

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 2.00, 2.17, 6, 4, 1.15
2, Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, 2.44, 2.23, 16, 7, 1.12
3, Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, 2.75, 2.56, 4, 1, 0.53
4, The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, 3.36, 4.08, 11, 3, 1.77
5, The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman, 5.00, 4.56, 12, 0, 1.83
6, Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, 4.00, 4.68, 12, 1, 1.91
7, More Than I Love my Life by David Grossman, 5.83, 4.83, 6, 0, 1.33
8, Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, 4.62, 5.35, 13, 0, 2.04
9, Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Ericson Pasaribu, 5.63, 6.34, 8, 0, 1.85
10, Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, 6.86, 6.51, 7, 1, 1.92
11, Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, 6.60, 8.23, 5, 0, 1.84
12, After the Sun by Jonas Eika, 8.23, 9.29, 13, 0, 3.30
13, Phenotypes by Paulo Scott, 9.20, 10.71, 5, 0, 2.37

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, 2.44, 48, 16, 7
2, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 2.00, 27, 6, 4
3, Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, 4.00, 18, 12, 1
4, Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, 2.75, 16, 4, 1
5, The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, 3.36, 12, 11, 3
6, The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman, 5.00, 5, 12, 0
7, Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, 4.62, -5, 13, 0
8, More Than I Love my Life by David Grossman, 5.83, -7, 6, 0
9, Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, 6.86, -11, 7, 1
9, Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Ericson Pasaribu, 5.63, -11, 8, 0
11, Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, 6.60, -18, 5, 0
12, Phenotypes by Paulo Scott, 9.20, -35, 5, 0
13, After the Sun by Jonas Eika, 8.23, -39, 13, 0

(5*)
1 The Books of Jacob
2 A New Name: Septology VI-VII
3 Elena Knows
(4*)
4 Tomb of Sand
5 Cursed Bunny
6 Happy Stories, Mostly
7 Paradais
8 Love in the Big City
9 Phenotypes
(3*)
11 After the Sun

links are to my reviews

I do not plan to read any of the other three before the shortlist announcement unless my pre-ordered paperback copy of Heaven arrives in time.

1. A New Name (5*)
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3. Heaven (4*)
4. Elena Knows (4*)
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6. After the Sun (3*)
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13 After The Sun

1 Love in the Big City
2 Cursed Bunny
3 Books of Jakob
4 Paradais

1. A New Name: Septology VI-VII (6*)
2. Cursed Bunny (4.5*)
3. Tomb of Sand (4.5*)
4. Happy Stories, Mostly (4.5*)
5. After The Sun (4*)
6. Elena Knows (4*)
7. The Book of Mother (4*)
8. Heaven (4*)
9. Paradais (3*)
10. More Than I Love My Life (3*)
11. Love in the Big City (3*)
12. Phenotypes (2.5*)
13. The Books of Jacob (NSFP)

1. Cursed Bunny
2. The Books of Jacob
3. Elena Knows
4. Heaven
5. After the Sun
6. A New Name (DNF)

For now:
1 Elena Knows - 4 stars
2 Love in the Big City - 4 stars
3 The Book of Mother - 4 stars
4 Heaven - 3 stars
5 Happy Stories, Mostly - 3 stars
6 More Than I Love My Life - 3 stars
13 After the Sun - 1 star

1. The Books of Jacob
2. Cursed Bunny
3. Tomb of Sand
4. Elena Knows
5. After the Sun
6. Love in the Big City
7. Happy Stories, Mostly
8. Phenotypes

1. Elena Knows
2. The Book of Mother
3. Heaven
4. Cursed Bunny

1. A New Name
2. The Books of Jacob
3. Elena Knows
4. Happy Stories, Mostly
5. Paradais
6. After The Sun

1.
2. Elena Knows
3.
4. The Book of Mother
5. Heaven
6.
7. More Than I Love My Life
8.
9.
10.
11. Cursed Bunny
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13.

I probably won't finish The Books of Jacob in time, but I'm sure it would place high in my rankings.

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3) Elena Knows
4) Heaven
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7) Cursed Bunny
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11) Love in the Big City
12) The Book of Mother
13) After the Sun

I expect this list to move around a lot and I am not going to get through the longlist, in large part because several of the books are not out in the US and I'm not going to order them. But I will try to read the ones that are out here in time.

1. Elena Knows
2.
3. More Than I love My Life
4. The Books of Jacob
5.
6.
7. Heaven
8.
9. Love in the Big City
10.
11. The Book of Mother
12.After the Sun
13. Phenotypes

1. A New Name
2.
3. The Book of Mother
4. Elena Knows
5. Heaven
6. Happy Stories, Mostly
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11.
12.
13. After the Sun

1. Elena Knows
2.
3. Heaven
4. The Book of Mother
5. The Books of Jacob
6.
7. More Than I Love My Life
8. Paradais

2. The Book of Mother

3. The Books of Jacob

1. Elena Knows 4*
2. Cursed Bunny 4*
3. After the Sun 4*
4. Happy Stories 4*
5. Heaven 4*
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6. Heaven (3*)
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8. Phenotypes (3*)

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2. More Than I Love My Life (9/10, my review)
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7. The Book of Mother (7.5/10, my review)
8. Cursed Bunny
9. Happy Stories Mostly
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11.
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1. Elena Knows 5*
2. Cursed Bunny 4*
3. The Book of Mother 4*
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5.
6. Heaven 3*

1- The books of Jacob
2- The book of mother
3- Heaven
4- Phenotypes

1. Elena Knows
2. After the Sun

1. Tomb of Sand
2. Cursed Bunny
3: The Books of Jacob

1. Paradais
2. Book of Mother
...
4. Elena Knows
...
9. Heaven
...
11. More than I love my life