2019 MBI longlist Dynamic Rankings

[Antonomasia, Admin only]

Ranking chart by Hugh in next post.

The longlisted books:

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Arabic / Omani), tr. Marilyn Booth (Sandstone Press Ltd)

Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue (Chinese / Chinese), tr. Annelise Finegan Wasmoen (Yale University Press)

The Years by Annie Ernaux (French / French), tr. Alison L. Strayer (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong (Korean / Korean), tr. Sora Kim-Russell (Scribe, UK)

Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf (Arabic / Icelandic and Palestinian), tr. Jonathan Wright (Granta, Portobello Books)

Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli (French / French), tr. Sam Taylor (Granta, Portobello Books)

The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann (German / German), tr. Jen Calleja (Profile Books, Serpent's Tail)

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin (Spanish / Argentine and Italian), tr. Megan McDowell (Oneworld)

The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg (Swedish / Swedish), tr. Deborah Bragan-Turner (Quercus, MacLehose Press) (U.S. title Valerie)

Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Polish / Polish), tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Spanish / Colombian), tr. Anne McLean (Quercus, MacLehose Press)

The Death of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Wieringa (Dutch / Dutch), tr. Sam Garrett (Scribe, UK)

The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán (Spanish / Chilean), tr. Sophie Hughes (And Other Stories)

[Hugh, Active moderator]

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STDev
1, The Faculty Of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg , 1.63, 0.89, 8, 5, 0.45
2, The Years by Annie Ernaux , 2.67, 2.43, 12, 4, 1.18
3, The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez , 3.00, 2.47, 7, 0, 0.83
4, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran , 4.22, 3.73, 9, 2, 1.54
5, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi , 6.00, 6.00, 5, 0, 1.53
6, Love in the New Millenium by Can Xue , 6.57, 6.44, 7, 1, 2.20
7, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk , 5.73, 6.48, 11, 0, 2.61
8, Mouthful Of Birds by Samanta Schweblin , 6.10, 6.61, 10, 0, 2.43
9, The Death Of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Wieringa , 7.20, 7.71, 5, 0, 2.16
10, At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong , 8.17, 7.86, 6, 0, 2.30
11, Jokes For The Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf , 7.83, 9.48, 6, 0, 2.64
12, Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli , 8.38, 9.52, 8, 0, 3.10
13, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann , 10.17, 10.12, 6, 0, 2.81

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Years by Annie Ernaux , 2.67, 56, 12, 4
2, The Faculty Of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg , 1.63, 51, 8, 5
3, The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez , 3.00, 35, 7, 0
4, The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran , 4.22, 19, 9, 2
5, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk , 5.73, 0, 11, 0
6, Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi , 6.00, -5, 5, 0
7, The Death Of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Wieringa , 7.20, -9, 5, 0
7, Mouthful Of Birds by Samanta Schweblin , 6.10, -9, 10, 0
9, Love in the New Millenium by Can Xue , 6.57, -10, 7, 1
10, At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong , 8.17, -19, 6, 0
11, Jokes For The Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf , 7.83, -29, 6, 0
12, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann , 10.17, -39, 6, 0
13, Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli , 8.38, -41, 8, 0

[Hugh, Active moderator]

1 The Faculty of Dreams
3 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
5 The Years
6 The Remainder
8 Celestial Bodies

[Paul]

1 The Faculty of Dreams
2 The Shape of the Ruins
3 The Years
4 The Death of Murat Idrissi
5 The Remainder
6 Celestial Bodies
7 Mouthful of Birds
8 Drive Your Plow
9 Love in the New Millennium
10 Four Soldiers
11 The Pine Islands
12 Jokes for the Gunman
13 At Dusk

[Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer]

1 Remainder
13 Drive Your Plow

[Tommi]

1. Love in the New Millennium
2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
3. The Years
4. Mouthful of Birds
5. Jokes for the Gunmen
6. At Dusk
7. Four Soldiers
8. The Death of Murat Idrissi

[Val]

1 The Remainder
2 The Shape of the Ruins
3 The Faculty of Dreams
4 The Years
5 Celestial Bodies
6 Mouthful of Dreams
7 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
8 Four Soldiers
9 The Pine Islands

[B. H.]

1. The Years
2. The Remainder
3. At Dusk
4. Drive your plow
5. The Shape of the Ruins*
6. Mouthful of Birds
7. The Pine Islands
8. Jokes for the Gunmen*
9. Four Soldiers
10. The Death Of Murat Idrissi

[Neil]

1. The Faculty of Dreams
2. The Shape of the Ruins
3. The Years
4. Celestial Bodies
5. The Remainder
6. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
7. Jokes for the Gunmen

[Antonomasia, Admin only]

1. The Years
2.
3. The Faculty of Dreams
4. The Remainder
5. Drive Your Plow
6.
7.
8. The Death of Murat Idrissi
9. At Dusk
10=Jokes for the Gunmen
10=Mouthful of Birds
12. The Pine Islands
13. Four Soldiers

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16/04 Changes to my longlist ranking after official shortlist announcement and start of shortlist ranking thread:
1. The Years
2.
3. The Faculty of Dreams
4. Celestial Bodies
5=The Remainder
6=Drive Your Plow
7.
8. The Death of Murat Idrissi
9. At Dusk
10=Jokes for the Gunmen
10=Mouthful of Birds
12. The Pine Islands
13. Four Soldiers

[Lascosas]

I give up after 8. Not my longlist.

1.
2.
3.
4. The Shape Of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
5. The Years by Annie Ernaux
6. Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
7. Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
8. The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán
9. At Dusk, by Hwang Sok-yong
10. Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue
11. Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli
12.
13.

[Alysson]

1. The years
2. Mouthful of Bird
3. Love in the New Millenium
4. Drive you plow...
5. Four Soldiers

[LindaJ^]

Cream of the crop
1. The Years
2. The Faculty of Dreams
3. Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead
4. The Shape of the Ruins
*******
Rest of shortlist from these (might also include ones I've not read!)
5. Four Soldiers
6. Mouthful of Birds
7. The Remainder
8. Celestial Bodies
********
Unworthy of the short list (might also include ones I've not read)
9. Jokes for the Gunmen
10. At Dusk
11.
12. The Pines
13. Love in the New Millenium

[S]

1. The Faculty of Dreams
2. Love in the New Millennium
3. The Years
4. Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead
5. Jokes for the Gunman
6. Mouthful of Birds