The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules

These are the 5 shortlisted books:

There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem tr. Laëtitia Saint-Loubert & Karen Fleetwood (Bullaun Press)
Invisible Dogs by Charles Boyle (CB Editions)
How to Leave the World by Marouane Bakhti tr. Lara Vergnaud (Divided Publishing)
Célina by Catherine Axelrad tr. Philip Terry (Les Fugitives)
Mother Naked by Glen James Brown (Peninsula Press)

League tables

(i) Shortlist rankings only:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Mother Naked by Glen James Brown, 1.33, 0.33, 3, 2, 0.10
2, Invisible Dogs by Charles Boyle, 2.00, 1.08, 4, 2, 0.32
3, There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, 3.00, 2.25, 4, 0, 0.45
4, Célina by Catherine Axelrad, 3.00, 2.42, 4, 0, 0.52
5, How to Leave the World by Marouane Bakhti, 4.00, 3.50, 4, 1, 0.71

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Mother Naked by Glen James Brown, 1.33, 10, 3, 2
2, Invisible Dogs by Charles Boyle, 2.00, 6, 4, 2
3, Célina by Catherine Axelrad, 3.00, -2, 4, 0
3, There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, 3.00, -2, 4, 0
5, How to Leave the World by Marouane Bakhti, 4.00, -12, 4, 1

(ii) Including longlist rankings

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Mother Naked by Glen James Brown, 1.33, 0.33, 3, 2, 0.10
2, Invisible Dogs by Charles Boyle, 2.00, 1.08, 4, 2, 0.32
3, Célina by Catherine Axelrad, 2.60, 2.33, 5, 1, 0.55
4, There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, 2.80, 2.45, 5, 0, 0.55
5, How to Leave the World by Marouane Bakhti, 3.00, 2.79, 6, 3, 0.74

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Mother Naked by Glen James Brown, 1.33, 10, 3, 2
2, Invisible Dogs by Charles Boyle, 2.00, 6, 4, 2
3, Célina by Catherine Axelrad, 2.60, -2, 5, 1
4, There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, 2.80, -3, 5, 0
5, How to Leave the World by Marouane Bakhti, 3.00, -11, 6, 3

My rankings:

1 Mother Naked
2 Célina
3 There's a Monster Behind the Door
4 Invisible Dogs
5 How to Leave the World

(there is a bigger gap between 4 and 5 than between 1 and 4)

1. Invisible Dogs 4.5* - my review
2. Mother Naked 4* - my review
3. There’s a Monster 4* - my review
4. Celina 4* - my review
5. How to Leave the World 3* - my review

My rankings

1 Mother Naked - 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 Invisible Dogs – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3 Celina – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4 There’s A Monster Behind the Door – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 How To Leave The World – 2.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


1. How to Leave the World

1. Invisible Dogs
2. There’s a Monster Behind the Door
3. Célina