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Pos, Book, Average, Penalty Points, Adjusted, Count, First Places
1, The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, 5.13, 0.0, 19.35, 8, 1
2, We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown, 7.14, 0.0, 21.50, 7, 0
3, Endling by Maria Reva, 6.58, 0.0, 21.83, 12, 2
4, We Do Not Part by Han Kang, 8.78, 0.0, 23.10, 9, 2
5, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, 7.91, 0.0, 25.21, 11, 1
6, The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine, 4.33, 14.4, 26.59, 3, 0
7, Ripeness by Sarah Moss, 9.00, 0.0, 27.42, 6, 0
8, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, 3.67, 14.4, 28.23, 3, 1
9, Aerth by Deborah Tomkins, 8.80, 0.0, 28.55, 5, 0
10, Helm by Sarah Hall, 9.60, 0.0, 31.11, 5, 1
11, Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan, 2.00, 28.8, 31.39, 1, 0
12, Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell, 10.43, 0.0, 33.09, 7, 1
13, The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel, 12.00, 0.0, 33.23, 5, 0
14, Ibis by Justin Haynes, 2.00, 28.8, 33.44, 1, 0
15, Audition by Katie Kitamura, 8.77, 0.0, 33.83, 13, 0
16, House of Fury by Evelio Rosero, 2.00, 28.8, 33.98, 1, 0
17, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad, 10.00, 7.2, 35.69, 4, 0
18, Universality by Natasha Brown, 9.80, 0.0, 36.34, 10, 0
19, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, 11.90, 0.0, 36.53, 10, 1
20, The Mind Reels by Fredrick DeBoer, 5.00, 28.8, 37.56, 1, 0
21, Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin, 10.25, 7.2, 37.61, 4, 1
22, Restoration by Ave Barrera, 3.00, 28.8, 37.77, 1, 0
23, The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong, 14.20, 0.0, 38.04, 5, 0
24, The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey, 14.60, 0.0, 38.39, 5, 0
25, Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah, 13.67, 0.0, 38.70, 6, 0
26, Deep Breath by Rita Halász, 6.00, 21.6, 38.91, 2, 0
27, We Live Here Now by C.D. Rose, 8.00, 21.6, 39.46, 2, 0
28, And Notre Dame is Burning by Miriam Robinson, 6.00, 28.8, 40.68, 1, 0
29, Twist by Colum McCann, 15.80, 0.0, 41.34, 5, 0
30, The Silver Book by Olivia Laing, 12.60, 0.0, 42.12, 5, 0
31, The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien, 16.00, 0.0, 43.13, 7, 1
32, Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn, 12.33, 14.4, 44.05, 3, 1
33, Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen, 7.00, 28.8, 44.44, 1, 0
34, The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, 12.67, 14.4, 44.47, 3, 1
35, Flesh by David Szalay, 14.70, 0.0, 45.35, 10, 0
36, On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, 13.00, 0.0, 45.48, 11, 0
37, Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, 16.38, 0.0, 47.07, 8, 0
38, Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, 14.71, 0.0, 47.12, 7, 0
39, Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, 13.13, 0.0, 47.37, 8, 0
40, My Friends by Fredrick Backman, 11.50, 7.2, 48.84, 4, 0
41, Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje, 9.67, 14.4, 49.76, 3, 0
42, Three Days in June by Anne Tyler, 18.80, 0.0, 51.74, 5, 0
43, The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter, 18.00, 14.4, 52.02, 3, 0
44, One Boat by Jonathan Buckley, 16.00, 0.0, 53.14, 8, 0
45, Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein, 11.00, 21.6, 53.38, 2, 0
46, Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood, 19.50, 7.2, 53.95, 4, 0
47, The Pretender by Jo Harkin, 15.00, 21.6, 54.71, 2, 0
48, The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa, 16.00, 14.4, 55.19, 3, 0
49, A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland, 13.67, 14.4, 55.89, 3, 0
50, The Two Roberts by Damian Barr, 6.00, 28.8, 56.59, 1, 0
51, Gloss by Kyra Wilder, 11.50, 21.6, 58.59, 2, 0
52, Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter, 14.67, 14.4, 60.92, 3, 0
53, Lili is Crying by Hélène Bessette, 18.00, 21.6, 61.86, 2, 0
54, On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, 12.00, 28.8, 71.88, 1, 0
55, Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 9.00, 28.8, 75.38, 1, 0
56, Sky Daddy by Kate Folk, 13.00, 28.8, 75.67, 1, 0
57, Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte, 20.50, 21.6, 76.39, 2, 0
58, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, 24.00, 28.8, 76.64, 1, 0
59, The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, 23.00, 28.8, 84.16, 1, 0
60, A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, 19.00, 28.8, 86.21, 1, 0
61, Death of the Author by Nnedi Okarafor, 22.50, 21.6, 87.06, 2, 0
62, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight, 25.00, 28.8, 89.13, 1, 0
63, Blood Book by Kim de l'Horizon, 21.00, 28.8, 92.47, 1, 0
Paul-style aggregate of comparisons
Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Endling by Maria Reva, 6.58, 98, 12, 2
2, The Director by Daniel Kehlmann, 5.13, 91, 8, 1
3, Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, 7.91, 66, 11, 1
4, We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown, 7.14, 55, 7, 0
4, We Do Not Part by Han Kang, 8.78, 55, 9, 2
6, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, 3.67, 48, 3, 1
7, Audition by Katie Kitamura, 8.77, 46, 13, 0
8, The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine, 4.33, 40, 3, 0
9, Ripeness by Sarah Moss, 9.00, 38, 6, 0
10, Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan, 2.00, 32, 1, 0
10, Deep Breath by Rita Halász, 6.00, 32, 2, 0
12, Universality by Natasha Brown, 9.80, 31, 10, 0
13, The Mind Reels by Fredrick DeBoer, 5.00, 26, 1, 0
14, Aerth by Deborah Tomkins, 8.80, 22, 5, 0
15, And Notre Dame is Burning by Miriam Robinson, 6.00, 21, 1, 0
15, Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell, 10.43, 21, 7, 1
17, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad, 10.00, 20, 4, 0
17, Helm by Sarah Hall, 9.60, 20, 5, 1
19, We Live Here Now by C.D. Rose, 8.00, 19, 2, 0
20, Ibis by Justin Haynes, 2.00, 18, 1, 0
21, House of Fury by Evelio Rosero, 2.00, 16, 1, 0
21, Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen, 7.00, 16, 1, 0
23, Restoration by Ave Barrera, 3.00, 14, 1, 0
24, Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein, 11.00, 6, 2, 0
25, The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel, 12.00, 4, 5, 0
26, The Two Roberts by Damian Barr, 6.00, 3, 1, 0
26, The Pretender by Jo Harkin, 15.00, 3, 2, 0
28, The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, 12.67, 2, 3, 1
29, Gloss by Kyra Wilder, 11.50, 0, 2, 0
30, Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin, 10.25, -1, 4, 1
31, Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn, 12.33, -2, 3, 1
32, Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 9.00, -4, 1, 0
32, On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, 12.00, -4, 1, 0
34, Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje, 9.67, -5, 3, 0
35, Sky Daddy by Kate Folk, 13.00, -6, 1, 0
36, The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter, 18.00, -9, 3, 0
36, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai, 11.90, -9, 10, 1
38, A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland, 13.67, -10, 3, 0
38, My Friends by Fredrick Backman, 11.50, -10, 4, 0
40, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, 24.00, -12, 1, 0
40, The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey, 14.60, -12, 5, 0
40, Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah, 13.67, -12, 6, 0
43, A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, 19.00, -14, 1, 0
44, The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, 23.00, -16, 1, 0
44, Lili is Crying by Hélène Bessette, 18.00, -16, 2, 0
46, The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa, 16.00, -17, 3, 0
47, Blood Book by Kim de l'Horizon, 21.00, -18, 1, 0
48, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight, 25.00, -20, 1, 0
48, Twist by Colum McCann, 15.80, -20, 5, 0
50, The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong, 14.20, -21, 5, 0
51, Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter, 14.67, -22, 3, 0
52, The Silver Book by Olivia Laing, 12.60, -25, 5, 0
53, Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood, 19.50, -33, 4, 0
54, Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte, 20.50, -35, 2, 0
55, Death of the Author by Nnedi Okarafor, 22.50, -41, 2, 0
56, Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, 14.71, -43, 7, 0
57, The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien, 16.00, -51, 7, 1
57, On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, 13.00, -51, 11, 0
59, Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, 13.13, -56, 8, 0
60, Three Days in June by Anne Tyler, 18.80, -59, 5, 0
61, Flesh by David Szalay, 14.70, -65, 10, 0
62, Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, 16.38, -66, 8, 0
63, One Boat by Jonathan Buckley, 16.00, -78, 8, 0
no rankings yet:
Spit by David Brennan
Happy New Years by Maya Arad
Boy From the North Country by Sam Sussman
Eden's Shore by Oisin Fagan
A Short Introduction to Anneliese by James Elkins
Anima Rising by Christopher Moore
The Pawn by Paco Cerdà
North Star by Ethan Rutherford
Pan by Michael Clune
Mod
We Live Here Now
Endling
Helm
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Hunchback
Audition
Slanting Towards the Sea (still reading)
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Nova Scotia House
On the Calculation of Volume I
Small Boat
Universality
Aerth
One Boat
Flesh
The Remembered SoldierHouse of Fury
Restoration
The Director
Discontent
Lili is Crying
Small Boat
Deep Breath
Good and Evil and Other Stories
Fagin the Thief
We Do Not Part
On Earth As It Is Beneath
Sky Daddy
Audition
On the Calculation of Volume I
The Accidentals
Hunchback
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Universality
DiscontentDisappoint Me
Ripeness
Deep Breath
The Mind Reels
Universality
The Director
The Mobius Book
Audition
One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This
Aerth
The Accidentals
Flesh
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
On the Calculation of Volume I
Hunchback
Gloss
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Endling
Seascraper
Theft
We Do Not Part
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh
Good and Evil and Other Stories
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Rejection
The Remembered Soldier
Helm
Nesting
The Pretender
Will There Ever Be Another You
The Place of Shells
The Imagined Life
Lili is Crying
Three Days in June
Twist
The Book of Records
Death of the Author
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Planning to read, will include as many as possible before the end of the year:
The Benefactors
Ibis
Pan
Blood Book/aka Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues
Fagin the Thief
Beasts of the Sea
Every one still hereGloss
Flesh
we pretty pieces of flesh
the accidentals
Ripeness
Endling
Nesting
The director
Audition
Universality
We do not part
Seascraper
The Emperor of Gladness
Hunchback
On The Calculation of Volume
Under the Eye of Big Bird
A Room Above a Shop
A Drop of Corruption
Will there ever be another you
Blood Book
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
One Boat
Book of RecordsAerth
Slanting Toward the Sea
We Do Not Part
Ripeness
Calculation of Volume 1
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
The Director
Endling
Theft
Death of the Author
Helm
We Do Not PartThe Director
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Under the Eye of Big Bird
Universality
Calculation of Volume 1
The Silver Book
Endling
Audition
Seascraper
Aerth
One Boat
The Place of Shells
Book of Records
The Mobius Book
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Hunchback
Small Boat
Twist
Flesh
1. Good and Evil and Other Stories2. The Silver Book
3. Small Boat
4. Seascraper
5. We Pretty Pieces of Flesh
6. Rejection
7. The Director
8. Audition
9. On the Calculation of Volume I
10. Under the Eye of the Big Bird
We Do Not PartAudition
The Accidentals
The Mobius Book
Discontent
Hunchback
Endling
Good and Evil and Other Stories
Marble Hall Murders
On The Calculation of Volume I
Small Boat
The Silver Book
Nesting
EndlingWe Pretty Pieces of Flesh
The Benefactors
Every One Still Here
Flesh
The Two Roberts
Seascraper
A Room Above a Shop
Nova Scotia House
Universality
Audition
Small Boat
On the Calculation of Volume I
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
The Loneliness of Sonia and SunnyEndling by Maria Reva
The Emperor of Gladness
Nesting
Flesh
My Friends
Seascraper
Three Days in June
Audition
Universality
One Boat
The Director 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Endling 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Benefactors 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Seascraper 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ripeness 5*
Theft 4*
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh 4*
Twist 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Universality 4*
Nesting 4*
Flesh 4*
Audition 4*
Three Days in June 4*
One Boat 3* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Book of Records
My Friends
Nesting - 5* - My ReviewEndling - 5* - My Review
The Director - 5* - My Review
Audition - 5* - My Review
Seascraper - 5* - My Review
Twist - 5* - My Review
Beasts of the Sea - 5* - My Review
Discontent - 4.5* - RTC
The Imagined Life - 4.5* - My Review
The Pretender - 4* - My Review
Three Days in June - 4* - My Review
Universality - 4* - My Review
Fagin the Thief - 4* - My Review
On the Calculation of Volume I - 4* - My Review
My Friends - 4* - My Review
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - 4* - My Review
One Boat - 4* - My Review
Theft - 4* - My Review
We Do Not Part - 4* - My Review
The Book of Records - 4* - My Review
One Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This - 4* - Not Reviewed
The Emperor of Gladness - 4* - My Review
Helm - 4* - My Review
The Art of a Lie - 4* - RTC
The Accidentals - 4* - RTC
The Lifecycle of the Common Octopus - 3* - Not Reviewed
Will There Ever Be Another You - 3* - Not Reviewed
The Silver Book - 3* - Not Reviewed
The Möbius Book - 3* - RTC
Hunchback - 3* - Not Reviewed
Flesh - 2* - My Review
This is a wonderful list. Of those I've read, I enjoyed all of them except the last.
Upcoming: Anima Rising, Boy from the North Country, Death of the Author, Good and Evil and Other Stories, Ibis, The Pawn, Rejection, The Remembered Soldier, Ripeness, Slanting Towards the Sea, Under the Eye of the Big Bird, We Pretty Pieces of Flesh
1. Helm2. Ibis
3. We Do No Part
4. Seascraper
5. Aerth
6. North Sun: The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
7. One Boat
8. The Place of Shells
9. Theft
10. My Friends
11. The Emperor of Gladness
12. The Book of Records
13. The Remembered Soldier
14. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
15. Audition
16. Small Boat
17. Flesh
18. Slanting Towards the Sea
19. Ripeness
20. Endling
21. The Silver Book
22. Gloss
This was really hard for me to do. Except for the first five, I might order them differently on a different day. A lot, from the master list of nominations, I haven't read, but I now have a much better TBR. But my first five are by far and away my favorites of the year from that list. I have not reviewed all I read, by any means. Way behind on my reviews. :-( I need to force myself.
As always I liked almost all of the list I readRealistically I won’t read many more as too focused on new releases
Endling - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Universality - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Audition - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Will There Ever Be Another You – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
And Notre Dame Is Burning – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Benefactors – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
We Do Not Part - 5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Helm – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nesting – 4.5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny – 4.5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Seascraper – 4.5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Twist - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
We Live Here Now – 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Room Above a Shop – 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ripeness - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Imagined Life - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Book of Records - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Möbius Book - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Theft - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Pretender - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Silver Book - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Emperor of Gladness - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nova Scotia House - 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hunchback – 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Small Boat – 4* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Flesh – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
On The Calculation of Volume – 3.5* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
One Boat - 3* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Under The Eye of the Big Bird – 3* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Three Days in June - 2* https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Every One Still Here - DNF
No Review
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These are the 72 nominated books, please do not include anything else in your rankings. I will maintain the tables until at least the end of the year.