The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Rank the shortlisted books in whatever order of preference you like. One entry per person (use the edit button) and please refrain from general chatter.

The six books are:

Milkman by Anna Burns
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Long Take by Robin Robertson

Final Tables

Shortlist rankings only, sorted by my adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places,STDev
1, Milkman by Anna Burns, 2.53, 1.56, 34, 14, 1.50
2, Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, 2.91, 1.99, 35, 8, 1.41
3, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 3.15, 2.18, 34, 5, 1.56
4, The Overstory by Richard Powers, 3.33, 2.49, 33, 5, 1.59
5, The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, 4.16, 3.18, 32, 4, 1.93
6, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, 4.38, 3.53, 34, 1, 1.97

Shortlist rankings only, Paul's aggregated comparisons method

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Milkman by Anna Burns, 2.53, 53, 34, 14
2, Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, 2.91, 33, 35, 8
3, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 3.15, 22, 34, 5
4, The Overstory by Richard Powers, 3.33, 2, 33, 5
5, The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, 4.16, -43, 32, 4
6, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, 4.38, -67, 34, 1

Including longlist rankings, sorted by adjusted weighting

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places,STDev
1, Milkman by Anna Burns, 2.65, 1.80, 43, 15, 1.69
2, The Overstory by Richard Powers, 2.89, 2.12, 46, 13, 1.60
3, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 3.10, 2.14, 39, 6, 1.59
4, Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, 2.96, 2.20, 45, 9, 1.60
5, The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, 3.72, 3.13, 46, 8, 2.00
6, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, 4.16, 3.47, 43, 3, 1.99

Including longlist rankings, Paul's method

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Milkman by Anna Burns, 2.65, 49, 43, 15
2, The Long Take by Robin Robertson, 3.10, 28, 39, 6
3, Everything Under by Daisy Johnson, 2.96, 26, 45, 9
4, The Overstory by Richard Powers, 2.89, 24, 46, 13
5, The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, 3.72, -51, 46, 8
6, Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, 4.16, -76, 43, 3

1. The Overstory
2. Milkman
3. Everything Under
4. The Long Take
5. Washington Black
6. The Mars Room

1. The Long Take
2. Milkman
3. Everything Under
4. The Overstory
5. Washington Black

1 Milkman
2 Everything Under
3 The Long Take
4 The Overstory
5 Washington Black
6 The Mars Room

1 The Mars Room
2 The Long Take
3 The Overstory
4 Everything Under
5 Washington Black
6 Milkman

1. The Mars Room
2. The Overstory
3. Everything Under
4. The Long Take
5. Washington Black
6. Milkman

My ranking

1) Richard Powers - The Overstory
2) Robin Robertson - The Long Take
3) Esi Edugyan - Washington Black
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5) Daisy Johnson - Everything Under
6)

My ranking

1 Milkman
2 Everything Under
3 The Long Take
4 Mars Room
5 The Overstory
6 Washington Black

1. The Long Take by Robin Robertson
2. Milkman by Anna Burns
3. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
4. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
5. The Overstory by Richard Powers
6. The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

1. Milkman
2. The Mars room
3. The long take
4. Everything under
5. The overstory
6. Washington Black

1. The Overstory
2. The Long Take
3. Milkman
4. Everything Under
5. Washington Black
6. The Mars Room

I am thrilled to see that my top 3 made the cut! 
Thus:

1. Everything Under
2. Milkman
3. Washington Black
4. The Overstory 
5. The Mars Room
6. The Long Take

All of which are great! 

I would be happy to see any of the top three of these win (given that my two other favourites did not make the shortlist).

1. The Long Take
2. Milkman
3. Everything Under
4. The Overstory
5. Washington Black
6. The Mars Room

1. Milkman
2.
3. The Long Take
4. Everything Under
5.
6.

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1 Milkman - Anna Burns
2 The Overstory - Richard Powers
3 Everything Under - Daisy Johnson
4 The Long Take - Robin Robertson
5 Washington Black - Esi Edugyan
6 The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner

1. Everything Under
2. Milkman
3. The Mars Room
4. Washington Black
5. The Overstory
6. The Long Take

1. Everything Under
2. The Overstory
3.
4.
5.
6.

1. Everything Under
2. The Long Take
3. The Overstory
4. The Mars Room
5. Milkman
6. Washington Black

1. The Mars Room
2. Milkman
3.
4.
5. Everything Under
6.

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1. Milkman by Anna Burns
2. The Long Take by Robin Robertson
3. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
4. Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
5.
6. The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

1 Milkman
2 Everything Under
3 The Overstory
4 Washington Black
5 The Mars Room
6 The Long Take

My ranking, based upon my ranking for the longlist

2. Everything Under
3. Milkman
5. The Overstory
6. The Long Take
9. Washington Black
12. The Mars Room

1. Milkman (5+ stars)
2. Everything Under (5 stars)
3. The Long Take (4.5 stars)
4. The Mars Room ( 3.5 stars)
5. The Overstory (3 stars)
6. Washington Black (3 stars)

1. The Overstory
2. Everything Under
3. The Long Take
4. The Mars Room
5. Washington Black
6. Milkman

1 The Mars Room
2 The Long Take
3 Everything Under
4 Washington Black
5 The Overstory
6 Milkman

1. Everything Under
2. The Long Take
3. The Mars Room
4. The Overstory
5. Washington Black
6. Milkman

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1. Milkman
2.
3.
4. The Long Take
5.
6. The Overstory

1 book to go!

1. Washington Black
2. Everything Under
3. The Mars Room
4. Milkman
5. The Long Take
6.

1. The Long Take
2. Milkman
3. The Overstory
4. The Mars Room
5. Washington Black
6. Everything Under

1. Everything Under
2. Washington Black**
3. The Long Take
4.The Mars Room
5. The Overstory
6. Milkman

**I liked this one better than Everything Under personally, but I think Everything Under is much more likely to win so ranking it first. Feels like a Booker prize book for me.

1. Milkman
2. Everything Under
3.The Overstory
4. The Mars Room
5. The Long Take
6. Washington Black

1. The Overstory
2. Washington Black

I have yet to read the others.

1. Milkman
2. The Long Take
3. Washington Black
4. The Mars Room
5. Everything Under
6. The Overstory

Bookies rankings (not mine) based on average odds, expressed as implied chance of winning:

1 The Overstory 26.4%
2 Everything Under 17.8%
3 The Long Take 16.9%
4 Washington Black 16.0%
5 Milkman 12.3%
6 The Mars Room 10.5%

My ranking...

1. Everything Under
2. Overstory
3. Washington Black
4. Milkman
5. Mars Room
6. The Long Take

1. The Long Take
2. Milkman
3. The Overstory
4. Everything Under
5. The Mars Room
6. Washington Black

Sorry to keep this so last minute, but here's my ranking
1. Milkman
2. The Mars Room
3. The Overstory
4. Everything Under
5. Washington Black

Haven't read and don't intend to read The Long Take

I really slacked this year, but these are the ones I made it through:

1.
2.
3.
4. The Mars Room
5. Washington Black
6. The Long Take