2020 BTBA Shortlist Dynamic Rankings

[Hugh, Active moderator]

As usual, one entry per person, please avoid general chat

These are the 10 finalists:

Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
EEG by Daša Drndić
Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
77 by Guillermo Saccomanno
Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

[Hugh, Active moderator]

Shortlist rankings only:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, EEG by Daša Drndić, 1.83, 1.06, 6, 3, 0.34
2, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.80, 2.10, 5, 1, 0.52
3, Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, 3.00, 2.13, 4, 1, 0.62
4, Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima, 2.60, 3.03, 5, 2, 0.94
5, Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou, 3.67, 3.81, 6, 0, 0.96
6, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, 4.09, 3.86, 11, 2, 1.58
7, Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, 4.40, 4.83, 5, 1, 1.34
8, The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, 4.78, 4.93, 9, 1, 1.57
9, 77 by Guillermo Saccomanno, 7.00, 7.83, 2, 0, 1.11
10, Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, 9.67, 8.67, 3, 0, 1.49

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, EEG by Daša Drndić, 1.83, 20, 6, 3
2, Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima, 2.60, 13, 5, 2
3, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.80, 10, 5, 1
3, Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, 3.00, 10, 4, 1
5, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, 4.09, -4, 11, 2
5, Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou, 3.67, -4, 6, 0
7, The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, 4.78, -8, 9, 1
8, Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, 4.40, -9, 5, 1
9, 77 by Guillermo Saccomanno, 7.00, -10, 2, 0
10, Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, 9.67, -18, 3, 0

Including carried forward longlist rankings:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, EEG by Daša Drndić, 1.71, 1.19, 7, 4, 0.39
2, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.00, 1.49, 9, 5, 0.54
3, Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, 3.00, 2.13, 4, 1, 0.62
4, Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima, 2.57, 3.26, 7, 3, 1.14
5, Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou, 3.67, 3.81, 6, 0, 0.96
6, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, 3.35, 3.90, 17, 3, 1.80
7, Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, 3.60, 4.91, 10, 2, 1.82
8, The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, 4.27, 5.91, 15, 1, 2.29
9, 77 by Guillermo Saccomanno, 5.33, 7.56, 3, 0, 1.30
10, Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, 8.00, 7.63, 4, 0, 1.55

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, EEG by Daša Drndić, 1.71, 21, 7, 4
2, Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima, 2.57, 13, 7, 3
3, Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, 2.00, 23, 9, 5
4, Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman, 3.00, 10, 4, 1
5, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, 3.35, -1, 17, 3
6, Good Will Come from the Sea by Christos Ikonomou, 3.67, -4, 6, 0
7, The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, 4.27, -21, 15, 1
8, Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, 3.60, -12, 10, 2
9, 77 by Guillermo Saccomanno, 5.33, -11, 3, 0
10, Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego, 8.00, -18, 4, 0

[Hugh, Active moderator]

1 Stalingrad
2 Animalia
3 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
4 Die, My Love
8 The Memory Police

[Paul]

1. Animalia
2. Die, My Love
3. EEG
5. The Memory Police
7. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
9. Beyond Babylon

[Emmeline]

1. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
2. Stalingrad
3. Good Will Come from the Sea
8. The Memory Police

[Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer]

1 Die, My Love
3 Animalia
10 Drive Your Plow

[Vesna]

1. EEG
2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
4. Good Will Come from the Sea

[David]

3. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
8. The Memory Police

[Lascosas]

1. EEG by Daša Drndić
2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
4. Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
7. Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman
10.Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego

[Paul]

1. EEG
2. Territory of Light
3. Good Will Come from the Sea
4. The Memory Police
5. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
6. 77

[Karen Michele]

1. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
3. The Memory Police
6. Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

[June]

1. Territory of Light
2. EEG
3. Good Will Come from the Sea
4. The Memory Police
5. Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead
6. Die, My Love

[[deleted user]]

1. Memory Police
2. Good will come from the Sea
3. Territory of Light

[Sam]

1 Territory of Light
2. Stalingrad
3.EEG
4. Animalia
5. The Memory Police
6. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
7.Good Will Come from the Sea
8.77
9. Die, My Love
10. Beyond Babylon