2024 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist dynamic rankings

[Hugh, Active moderator]

Usual rules - one comment per person, use edit to update as you go along.

These are the six books:

Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith (JM Originals)
All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles (Galley Beggar)
Choice by Neel Mukherjee (Hamish Hamilton)
Tell by Jonathan Buckley (Fitzcarraldo)
Parade by Rachel Cusk (Faber & Faber)
Spent Light by Lara Pawson (CB Editions)

[Hugh, Active moderator]

League Tables (too early for these to be very meaningful)

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith, 1.50, 0.50, 4, 3, 0.20
2, Spent Light by Lara Pawson, 2.00, 1.60, 5, 0, 0.44
3, Parade by Rachel Cusk, 3.00, 2.20, 5, 1, 0.53
4, All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles, 3.67, 2.67, 3, 1, 0.56
5, Choice by Neel Mukherjee, 4.67, 3.67, 3, 0, 0.65
6, Tell by Jonathan Buckley, 5.25, 4.25, 4, 0, 0.85

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith, 1.50, 14, 4, 3
2, Spent Light by Lara Pawson, 2.00, 9, 5, 0
3, All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles, 3.67, -1, 3, 1
3, Parade by Rachel Cusk, 3.00, -1, 5, 1
5, Choice by Neel Mukherjee, 4.67, -7, 3, 0
6, Tell by Jonathan Buckley, 5.25, -14, 4, 0

[Hugh, Active moderator]

1 Portraits...
2 Spent Light
3 Parade
4 Choice
5 Tell

[David]

I like the two I've read.

1. Spent Light
2. Parade
3. Portraits at the Palace
4. -
5. -
6. -

[Paul]

1. Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking (5*)
2. Spent Light (4.5*)
3. Parade (4.5*)
4. Tell (4*)
5. All My Precious Madness (3.5*)
6. Choice (3*)

[Kristian]

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1. All My Precious Madness (4=)
2. Spent Light (4-)
3. Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking (3+)
4. Choice (3=)
5. Parade (3=)
6. Tell (2+)

[Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer]

Completed the list

1 Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 Spent Light – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Parade – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 Choice – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 All My Precious Madness – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6 Tell – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...