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message 1: by Hugh, Active moderator (last edited Nov 11, 2022 01:45AM) (new)

Hugh (bodachliath) | 4398 comments Mod
Since we now have 7 years of history, now seems a good time to start a rankings thread. To keep things as simple as possible to maintain, I would like to include both winners and shortlisted books - that way we can include 2019 now. Usual rules apply - one entry per person, please avoid general discussion here.

These are the shortlisted books (winners in bold)

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride (2013)
Artful by Ali Smith (2013)
Exodus by Lars Iyer (2013)
Harvest by Jim Crace (2013)
Red or Dead by David Peace (2013)
tapestry by Philip Terry (2013)

How to be Both by Ali Smith (2014)
J by Howard Jacobson (2014)
In the Light of What we Know by Zia Haider Rahman (2014)
Outline by Rachel Cusk (2014)
The Absent Therapist by Will Eaves (2014)
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth (2014)

Beatlebone by Kevin Barry (2015)
Acts of the Assassins by Richard Beard (2015)
Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (2015)
Lurid & Cute by Adam Thirlwell (2015)
Satin Island by Tom McCarthy (2015)
The Field of the Cloth of Gold by Magnus Mills (2015)

Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (2016)
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy (2016)
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika (2016)
Martin John by Anakana Schofield (2016)
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride (2016)
Transit by Rachel Cusk (2016)

H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker (2017)
A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume (2017)
First Love by Gwendoline Riley (2017)
Phone by Will Self (2017)
Playing Possum by Kevin Davey (2017)
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (2017)

The Long Take by Robin Robertson (2018)
Crudo by Olivia Laing (2018)
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Guneratne (2018)
Kudos by Rachel Cusk (2018)
Murmur by Will Eaves (2018)
The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici (2018)

Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (2019)
Slip of a Fish by Amy Arnold (2019)
The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (2019)
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (2019)
Good Day? by Vesna Main (2019)
We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner (2019)

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison (2020)
Bina by Anakana Schofield (2020)
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (2020)
Meanwhile in Dopamine City by D.B.C. Pierre (2020)
A Lover's Discourse by Xiaolu Guo (2020)
Mr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths (2020)

Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner (2021)
Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett (2021)
Assembly by Natasha Brown (2021)
A Shock by Keith Ridgway (2021)
This One Sky Day by Leone Ross (2021)
little scratch by Rebecca Watson (2021)

Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien & Luke Williams (2022)
Somebody Loves You by mona arshi (2022)
Seven Steeples by Sara Baume (2022)
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer (2022)
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi (2022)
There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler (2022)


message 2: by Hugh, Active moderator (last edited Nov 15, 2022 07:12AM) (new)

Hugh (bodachliath) | 4398 comments Mod
League Tables

Winners Only, Sorted by Adjusted Weighting (Hugh's Method)

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, 2.78, 2.93, 9, 2, 0.96
2, Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, 3.00, 3.28, 8, 4, 1.33
3, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 3.00, 3.77, 6, 2, 1.09
4, How to be Both by Ali Smith, 2.78, 3.80, 9, 2, 1.46
5, Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien & Luke Williams, 2.75, 4.71, 4, 0, 1.09
6, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 4.43, 4.72, 7, 1, 1.42
7, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, 5.40, 5.22, 5, 0, 1.25
8, Beatlebone by Kevin Barry, 6.20, 6.13, 5, 0, 1.38
9, H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, 6.75, 6.25, 4, 0, 1.25
10, The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison, 7.20, 7.21, 5, 0, 1.62

Winners Only, Sorted by Aggregated Comparisons (Paul's Method)

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, How to be Both by Ali Smith, 2.78, 17, 9, 2
1, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, 2.78, 17, 9, 2
3, Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, 3.00, 12, 8, 4
4, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 3.00, 9, 6, 2
5, Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien & Luke Williams, 2.75, 7, 4, 0
6, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 4.43, -3, 7, 1
7, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, 5.40, -7, 5, 0
8, H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, 6.75, -13, 4, 0
9, Beatlebone by Kevin Barry, 6.20, -15, 5, 0
10, The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison, 7.20, -24, 5, 0

All Winners and Shortlisted Books, Sorted by Adjusted Weighting (Hugh's Method)

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, In the Light of What we Know by Zia Haider Rahman, 5.00, 4.00, 1, 0, 0.40
2, Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, 7.20, 8.75, 5, 1, 2.17
3, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 5.43, 13.06, 7, 1, 4.51
4, Playing Possum by Kevin Davey, 10.75, 13.25, 4, 0, 3.06
5, The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici, 8.00, 14.92, 6, 0, 5.21
6, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 7.33, 15.14, 6, 2, 4.46
7, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey, 11.33, 17.76, 6, 1, 5.06
8, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, 9.56, 19.09, 9, 0, 6.13
9, Mr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths, 11.71, 19.17, 7, 1, 6.42
10, The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy, 11.78, 19.18, 9, 1, 6.75
11, The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth, 13.25, 20.27, 4, 0, 4.70
12, Seven Steeples by Sara Baume, 10.00, 20.61, 5, 0, 5.26
13, Murmur by Will Eaves, 14.17, 21.47, 6, 1, 7.08
14, Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, 12.50, 21.62, 8, 0, 8.48
15, Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor, 8.78, 21.84, 9, 1, 8.48
16, Artful by Ali Smith, 21.33, 21.98, 3, 0, 5.07
17, Outline by Rachel Cusk, 13.67, 23.67, 6, 0, 6.03
18, A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume, 14.00, 23.71, 5, 0, 6.02
19, Harvest by Jim Crace, 17.20, 23.98, 5, 0, 5.64
20, Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, 10.00, 24.71, 3, 0, 5.83
21, How to be Both by Ali Smith, 11.78, 24.82, 9, 1, 8.89
22, Transit by Rachel Cusk, 16.33, 26.57, 6, 0, 7.34
23, Somebody Loves You by mona arshi, 10.50, 27.39, 6, 0, 6.92
24, Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien & Luke Williams, 14.25, 27.41, 4, 0, 5.75
25, Kudos by Rachel Cusk, 18.00, 28.20, 6, 0, 7.86
26, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 16.57, 29.51, 7, 1, 9.02
27, This One Sky Day by Leone Ross, 14.00, 31.88, 5, 0, 7.63
28, We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner, 15.43, 32.19, 7, 0, 9.66
29, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, 14.33, 32.23, 6, 0, 8.33
30, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, 20.40, 32.65, 5, 0, 7.97
31, J by Howard Jacobson, 24.00, 32.95, 3, 0, 6.26
32, little scratch by Rebecca Watson, 14.17, 33.36, 6, 0, 8.93
33, Good Day? by Vesna Main, 21.60, 33.46, 5, 0, 7.82
34, Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi, 19.80, 34.20, 5, 0, 8.06
35, Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter, 26.50, 35.16, 4, 0, 7.34
36, The Absent Therapist by Will Eaves, 30.50, 35.82, 2, 0, 5.11
37, Slip of a Fish by Amy Arnold, 23.80, 36.58, 5, 0, 8.29
38, Bina by Anakana Schofield, 28.00, 36.66, 4, 0, 7.55
39, Beatlebone by Kevin Barry, 26.20, 36.73, 5, 0, 8.46
40, Martin John by Anakana Schofield, 25.60, 37.91, 5, 0, 9.00
41, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by Magnus Mills, 40.00, 39.00, 1, 0, 3.90
42, A Lover's Discourse by Xiaolu Guo, 29.75, 40.01, 4, 0, 8.04
43, H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, 27.50, 40.14, 4, 0, 8.03
44, The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride, 24.60, 40.19, 5, 0, 9.08
45, First Love by Gwendoline Riley, 31.50, 40.79, 4, 0, 8.18
46, Acts of the Assassins by Richard Beard, 34.00, 41.46, 2, 0, 6.19
47, Exodus by Lars Iyer, 37.50, 41.54, 2, 0, 5.97
48, Satin Island by Tom McCarthy, 31.50, 41.76, 4, 0, 9.09
49, In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Guneratne, 22.71, 41.93, 7, 0, 11.16
50, The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison, 23.60, 42.04, 5, 0, 9.55
51, Crudo by Olivia Laing, 32.00, 42.64, 4, 0, 8.48
52, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, 30.33, 43.12, 3, 0, 7.41
53, tapestry by Philip Terry, 45.00, 44.00, 1, 0, 4.40
54, Red or Dead by David Peace, 46.00, 45.00, 1, 0, 4.50
55, Phone by Will Self, 54.00, 53.00, 1, 0, 5.30
56, A Shock by Keith Ridgway, 32.00, 53.84, 4, 0, 10.62
57, The Porpoise by Mark Haddon, 35.80, 54.29, 5, 0, 11.91
58, There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler, 33.00, 54.60, 2, 0, 7.69
59, Lurid & Cute by Adam Thirlwell, 58.00, 57.00, 1, 0, 5.70
60, Meanwhile in Dopamine City by D.B.C. Pierre, 50.00, 58.89, 3, 0, 10.10

All Winners and Shortlisted Books, Sorted by Aggregated Comparisons (Paul's Method)

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Cemetery in Barnes by Gabriel Josipovici, 8.00, 128, 6, 0
2, Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, 7.20, 125, 5, 1
3, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 5.43, 120, 7, 1
4, Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor, 8.78, 112, 9, 1
5, Playing Possum by Kevin Davey, 10.75, 97, 4, 0
6, Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, 9.56, 88, 9, 0
7, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 7.33, 86, 6, 2
8, Mr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths, 11.71, 77, 7, 1
9, The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey, 11.33, 71, 6, 1
10, The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth, 13.25, 67, 4, 0
11, A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume, 14.00, 64, 5, 0
12, Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, 10.00, 63, 3, 0
13, The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy, 11.78, 58, 9, 1
14, Seven Steeples by Sara Baume, 10.00, 52, 5, 0
15, In the Light of What we Know by Zia Haider Rahman, 5.00, 51, 1, 0
15, Outline by Rachel Cusk, 13.67, 51, 6, 0
17, Murmur by Will Eaves, 14.17, 50, 6, 1
18, How to be Both by Ali Smith, 11.78, 48, 9, 1
19, Somebody Loves You by mona arshi, 10.50, 43, 6, 0
20, Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann, 12.50, 35, 8, 0
21, Harvest by Jim Crace, 17.20, 31, 5, 0
22, Artful by Ali Smith, 21.33, 25, 3, 0
22, Transit by Rachel Cusk, 16.33, 25, 6, 0
22, We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner, 15.43, 25, 7, 0
25, Diego Garcia by Natasha Soobramanien & Luke Williams, 14.25, 24, 4, 0
26, This One Sky Day by Leone Ross, 14.00, 19, 5, 0
27, little scratch by Rebecca Watson, 14.17, 11, 6, 0
28, Kudos by Rachel Cusk, 18.00, 5, 6, 0
29, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, 14.33, -3, 6, 0
30, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 16.57, -4, 7, 1
31, J by Howard Jacobson, 24.00, -10, 3, 0
32, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride, 20.40, -11, 5, 0
33, Good Day? by Vesna Main, 21.60, -13, 5, 0
34, The Absent Therapist by Will Eaves, 30.50, -18, 2, 0
35, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by Magnus Mills, 40.00, -19, 1, 0
36, tapestry by Philip Terry, 45.00, -29, 1, 0
37, Red or Dead by David Peace, 46.00, -31, 1, 0
38, Acts of the Assassins by Richard Beard, 34.00, -32, 2, 0
39, Slip of a Fish by Amy Arnold, 23.80, -35, 5, 0
40, Bina by Anakana Schofield, 28.00, -41, 4, 0
41, Grief is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter, 26.50, -44, 4, 0
42, Exodus by Lars Iyer, 37.50, -46, 2, 0
42, Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi, 19.80, -46, 5, 0
44, Phone by Will Self, 54.00, -47, 1, 0
45, The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride, 24.60, -48, 5, 0
46, The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison, 23.60, -52, 5, 0
47, Martin John by Anakana Schofield, 25.60, -53, 5, 0
48, Lurid & Cute by Adam Thirlwell, 58.00, -55, 1, 0
49, There Are More Things by Yara Rodrigues Fowler, 33.00, -57, 2, 0
49, H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, 27.50, -57, 4, 0
51, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika, 30.33, -58, 3, 0
52, A Lover's Discourse by Xiaolu Guo, 29.75, -65, 4, 0
53, Satin Island by Tom McCarthy, 31.50, -69, 4, 0
53, First Love by Gwendoline Riley, 31.50, -69, 4, 0
53, Beatlebone by Kevin Barry, 26.20, -69, 5, 0
56, Crudo by Olivia Laing, 32.00, -73, 4, 0
57, In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Guneratne, 22.71, -80, 7, 0
58, A Shock by Keith Ridgway, 32.00, -112, 4, 0
59, Meanwhile in Dopamine City by D.B.C. Pierre, 50.00, -147, 3, 0
60, The Porpoise by Mark Haddon, 35.80, -158, 5, 0


message 3: by Hugh, Active moderator (last edited Nov 11, 2022 01:22AM) (new)

Hugh (bodachliath) | 4398 comments Mod
Reservoir 13
Ducks, Newburyport
A Line Made By Walking
Artful
Checkout 19
Mr Beethoven
Assembly
Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
Playing Possum
The Wake
The Cemetery in Barnes
Seven Steeples
Hot Milk
Somebody Loves You
In Our Mad and Furious City
little scratch
Diego Garcia
Harvest
The Long Take
How to be Both
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing
Solar Bones
Sterling Karat Gold
A Lover's Discourse
The Mermaid of Black Conch
Good Day?
Outline
Slip of a Fish
We Are Made of Diamond Stuff
The Man Who Saw Everything
This One Sky Day
The Lesser Bohemians
Bina
Crudo
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Transit
Beatlebone
Murmur
Kudos
H(A)PPY
The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again
A Shock
The Porpoise
First Love
Peaces
Satin Island
Martin John
Meanwhile in Dopamine City

These are all 4 or 5 stars except the bottom four!


message 4: by Ang (last edited Nov 07, 2020 02:01AM) (new)

Ang | 1685 comments .
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This is really difficult - I like them all.

Mr Beethoven
Solar Bones
Murmur
Cemetary in Barnes
Harvest
Hot Milk
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
The Man Who Saw Everything
Beatlebone
The Long Take
Playing Possum
Martin John
J
Bina
Slip of a Fish
Outline
The Lesser Bohemians
A Line Made By Walking
First Love
Reservoir 13
In Our Mad and Furious City
Good Day
How to be Both
We Are Made of Diamond Stuff
Transit
Crudo
Kudos
The Porpoise
Satin Island


message 5: by Robert (last edited Nov 06, 2024 11:37AM) (new)

Robert | 2646 comments I decided to just rank the Winners ( I think this messes up your charts, my apologies):

1) How to be Both
2) Ducks, Newburyport
3) Sterling Karat Gold
4) Solar Bones
5) Beatlebone
6) Cuddy
7) H (A) PPY
8) A Girl is a Half Formed Thing
9) The Long Take
10) The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
11) Diego Garcia
12) Parade


message 6: by Paul (last edited Dec 12, 2024 02:53PM) (new)

Paul Fulcher (fulcherkim) | 13392 comments I have read them all:

1 Sterling Karat Gold
2 Reservoir 13
3 We are Made of Diamond Stuff
4 Assembly
5 The Long Form
6 The Cemetery in Barnes
7 In the Light of What We Know
8 Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking
9 The Wake
10 This One Sky Day
11 Mermaid of Black Conch
12 Transit
13 Outline
14 Hot Milk
15 Checkout 19
16 A Line Made by Walking
17 Solar Bones
18 Kudos
19 Little Scratch
20 Parade
21 Somebody Loves You
22 Spent Light
23 Martin John
24 J
25 Playing Possum
26 How to be Both
27 Seven Steeples
28 Murmur
29 Diego Garcia
30 A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
31 Bina: A Novel in Warnings
32 Acts of the Assassins
33 The Lesser Bohemians
34 Grief is the Thing with Feathers
35 The Absent Therapist
36 Never Was
37 H(A)PPY
38 The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
39 Cuddy
40 Harvest
41 Lori and Joe
42 Good day
43 Slip of a Fish
44 First Love
45 Peaces
46 The Man Who Saw Everything
47 Tell
48 The Field of the Cloth of Gold
49 Mr Beethoven
50 Crudo
51 Satin Island
52 Tapestry
53 Red or Dead
54 Maps of our Spectacular Bodies
55 Man eating Typewriter
56 Beatlebone
57 Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
58 A Lover's Discourse
59 All My Precious Madness
60 Artful
61 Exodus
62 Choice
63 In Our Mad & Furious City
64 The Future Future
65 Phone
66 A Shock
67 There Are More Things
68 The Long Take
69 The Porpoise
70 Lurid & Cute
71 Ducks Newburyport
72 Meanwhile in Dopamine City

The top 50 are all very strong , and it is only really the last 8 or so that I really didn't like.

For the winners (which aren't typically my favourite in each year except in 2021 of course):
1 Sterling Karat Gold
2 Solar Bones
3 Parade
4 How to be Both
5 Diego Garcia
6 A Girl is a Half Formed Thing
7 The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
8 Cuddy
9 H(A)PPY
10 Beatlebone
11 The Long Take
12 Ducks, Newburyport


message 7: by Neil (last edited Nov 07, 2020 03:44AM) (new)

Neil Read

1 Murmur
2 Playing Possum
3 The Man Who Saw Everything
4 Ducks, Newburyport
5 Hot Milk
6 How to be Both
7 The Cemetery in Barnes
8 Satin Island
9 Good Day?
10 Artful
11 Mr Beethoven
12 The Long Take
13 We Are Made of Diamond Stuff
14 Outline
15 Transit
16 Kudos
17 Harvest
18 Solar Bones
19 The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
20 The Mermaid of Black Conch
21 Slip of a Fish
22 A Line Made by Walking
23 Reservoir 13
24 Exodus
25 First Love
26 Crudo
27 The Wake
28 In Our Mad & Furious City
29 Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
30 The Absent Therapist
31 The Lesser Bohemians
32 H(A)PPY
33 Beatlebone
34 A Lover's Discourse
35 The Porpoise
36 Grief is the Thing with Feathers
37 Martin John
38 Bina
39 J
40 Acts of the Assassins
41 A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
42 Meanwhile in Dopamine City

Still to read

1 In the Light of What We Know
2 The Field of the Cloth of Gold
3 Tapestry
4 Red or Dead
5 Lurid & Cute
6 Phone

For the winners:

1. Ducks, Newburyport
2. How to be both
3. The Long Take
4. Solar Bones
5. H(A)PPY
6. Beatlebone
7. A girl is a half-formed thing.

I should re-read "A Girl Is...". I hated it when I first read it but I think it caught me at the wrong time and I might get a lot more from it if I went back to it.


message 8: by Ang (new)

Ang | 1685 comments Hugh, is it important to give the numbers? I had a lot to add so I removed the numbers and placed them in my ranking with number implied.


message 9: by Hugh, Active moderator (new)

Hugh (bodachliath) | 4398 comments Mod
No, I can assume 1 2 3 etc if the list is unnumbered.


message 10: by Hugh, Active moderator (new)

Hugh (bodachliath) | 4398 comments Mod
Paul and I have updated our lists to add 2021 - more contributions would be welcome.


message 11: by LindaJ^ (new)

LindaJ^ (lindajs) | 1100 comments A list of those I've read to date plus Ducks (abandoned after ploughing through 300 of its 800 pages). I have a few of the others on the TBR shelves.

1. The Long Take 5*
2. Reservoir 13 5*
3. Mr Beethoven 5*
4. Assembly 5*
5. How to be Both 5*
6. Transit 5*
7. Kudos 5*
8. Solar Bones 4*
9. Sterling Karat Gold 4*
10. The Mermaid of Black Conch 4*
11. The Man Who Saw Everything 4*
12. This One Sky Day 4*
13. A Line Made By Walking 4*
14. In Our Mad and Furious City 4*
15. little scratch 3*
16. The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again 3*
17. The Cemetery in Barnes 3*
18. We Are Made of Diamond Stuff 2*
19. Ducks, Newburyport
20. A Shock 2*


message 13: by jo (new)

jo | 28 comments Hugh wrote: "Paul and I have updated our lists to add 2021 - more contributions would be welcome."

thank you! this is a labor of love. since i don't understand the number, can you tell me if the order if from most popular/liked/votes to least or the other way round?


message 14: by Hugh, Active moderator (new)

Hugh (bodachliath) | 4398 comments Mod
The most popular is top of the list in both tables.


message 15: by jo (new)

jo | 28 comments Hugh wrote: "The most popular is top of the list in both tables."

thank you hugh.


message 16: by David (new)

David | 3885 comments 1. Sterling Karat Gold
2. Assembly
3. The Mermaid of Black Conch
4. little scratch
5. Diego Garcia
6. Peaces
7. This One Sky Day
8. Somebody Loves You
9. Seven Steeples
10. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
11. A Shock
12. Checkout 19


message 17: by Joy D (last edited Mar 26, 2024 08:03AM) (new)

Joy D | 319 comments 1. Assembly (72)
2. Seven Steeples (101)
3. Mr Beethoven (1021)
4. How to be Both (1062)
5. Solar Bones (1063)
6. Grief is the Thing With Feathers (1131)
7. The Man Who Saw Everything (1132)
8. A Line Made by Walking (1195)
9. Murmur (1280)
10. The Long Take (1336)
11. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (1653)
12. Outline (1686)
13. Somebody Loves You (1694)
14. Checkout 19 (1710)
15. In Our Mad and Furious City (1716)
16. Satin Island (1969)
17. Peaces (1985)
18. Landscapes
19. Diego Garcia (1996)
20. The Wake (2007)
21. Reservoir 13 (2057)
22. This One Sky Day (Popisho) (2059)
23. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing (2252)
24. The Lesser Bohemians (na)


message 18: by Kristian (new)

Kristian Svane (krsvane) | 91 comments 1. Hot Milk
2. Ducks, Newburyport
3. The Man Who Saw Everything
4. Peaces
5. Seven Steeples
6. Somebody Loves You
7. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
8. Solar Bones
9. Reservoir 13
10. The Long Take
11. How to be Both
12. In Our Mad and Furious City
13. There Are More Things


message 19: by Debra (last edited Nov 14, 2022 04:58PM) (new)

Debra (debrapatek) | 539 comments 1. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (2019)
2. Murmur by Will Eaves (2018)
3. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (2016)
4. Kudos by Rachel Cusk (2018)
5. Outline by Rachel Cusk (2014)
6. Transit by Rachel Cusk (2016)
7. Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor (2017)
8. Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann (2019)
9. Assembly by Natasha Brown (2021)
10. Somebody Loves You by mona arshi (2022)
11. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer (2022)
12. Mr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths (2020)
13. little scratch by Rebecca Watson (2021)
14. How to be Both by Ali Smith (2014)
15. We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner (2019)
16. The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (2019)


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