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My adjusted weightings method:
Pos, Book, Average, Penalty Points, Adjusted, Count, First Places
1, The Things We've Seen by Agustín Fernández Mallo, 3.00, 5.6, 10.16, 4, 1
2, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 3.95, 0.0, 10.54, 20, 2
3, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 4.50, 5.6, 12.79, 4, 0
4, What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle, 7.00, 0.0, 14.65, 6, 1
5, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, 5.00, 5.6, 15.02, 4, 0
6, The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, 9.00, 0.0, 16.11, 6, 2
7, Seesaw by Carmel Doohan, 9.17, 0.0, 18.61, 6, 0
8, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 8.23, 0.0, 20.36, 13, 0
9, Learwife by J.R. Thorp, 10.14, 0.0, 20.99, 7, 2
10, Chouette by Claire Oshetky, 9.33, 0.0, 21.47, 12, 1
11, Civilisations by Laurent Binet, 9.80, 0.0, 21.65, 5, 1
12, The Tomb Guardians by Paul Griffiths, 9.86, 0.0, 22.05, 7, 0
13, Distant Transit by Maja Haderlap, 1.00, 22.4, 23.55, 1, 1
14, Bewilderment by Richard Powers, 10.16, 0.0, 24.98, 19, 2
15, Bolla by Pajtim Statovci, 5.67, 11.2, 25.26, 3, 0
16, Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, 10.13, 0.0, 25.97, 8, 0
17, Zorrie by Laird Hunt, 10.50, 0.0, 26.39, 12, 1
18, The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández, 13.67, 0.0, 26.75, 6, 0
19, Second Place by Rachel Cusk, 10.21, 0.0, 27.12, 19, 1
20, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 12.33, 0.0, 27.22, 12, 2
21, In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, 10.50, 0.0, 28.09, 10, 0
22, Intimacies by Katie Kitamura, 12.00, 0.0, 28.71, 11, 0
23, The Promise by Damon Galgut, 11.80, 0.0, 28.88, 20, 0
24, Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller, 12.71, 0.0, 29.35, 14, 0
25, To Write As If Already Dead by Kate Zambreno, 6.50, 16.8, 30.68, 2, 1
26, Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, 13.57, 0.0, 31.08, 7, 0
27, Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor, 14.56, 0.0, 31.36, 9, 0
28, Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, 12.20, 0.0, 31.41, 10, 1
29, Matrix by Lauren Groff, 12.58, 0.0, 32.33, 12, 0
30, A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam, 12.32, 0.0, 32.86, 19, 0
31, Panenka by Ronan Hession, 11.67, 11.2, 33.38, 3, 0
32, The Employees by Olga Ravn, 14.78, 0.0, 33.41, 9, 0
33, Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, 13.91, 0.0, 33.53, 11, 0
34, The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan, 4.00, 22.4, 34.15, 1, 0
35, This One Sky Day by Leone Ross, 15.10, 0.0, 34.36, 10, 0
36, Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters, 14.64, 0.0, 34.42, 11, 0
37, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, 13.75, 0.0, 34.99, 20, 0
38, My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley, 14.50, 5.6, 35.08, 4, 0
39, The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei, 10.33, 11.2, 35.27, 3, 0
40, No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, 12.71, 0.0, 35.30, 21, 2
41, People Like Them by Samira Sedira, 5.00, 22.4, 35.90, 1, 0
42, Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, 12.60, 0.0, 36.03, 5, 0
43, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, 15.56, 0.0, 36.31, 9, 0
44, The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright, 7.33, 11.2, 36.35, 3, 0
45, Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, 13.00, 11.2, 38.24, 3, 0
46, Permafrost by Eva Baltasar, 13.00, 5.6, 38.56, 4, 0
47, Radio Joan by Kevin Davey, 14.50, 16.8, 39.56, 2, 1
48, Still Life by Sarah Winman, 13.33, 11.2, 39.83, 3, 1
49, Dog Park by Sofi Oksanen, 15.00, 11.2, 41.05, 3, 0
50, Pupa by J.O. Morgan, 12.50, 16.8, 42.09, 2, 0
51, Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, 13.25, 5.6, 43.05, 4, 0
52, Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen, 17.75, 5.6, 44.73, 4, 0
53, Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun, 14.75, 5.6, 46.34, 4, 0
54, Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, 12.00, 11.2, 51.46, 3, 0
55, The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter, 19.00, 11.2, 55.50, 3, 0
56, Some Rise By Sin by Siôn Scott-Wilson, 12.50, 16.8, 55.83, 2, 0
Paul-style aggregate of comparisons
Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Assembly by Natasha Brown, 3.95, 257, 20, 2
2, The Things We've Seen by Agustín Fernández Mallo, 3.00, 96, 4, 1
3, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 8.23, 85, 13, 0
4, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 4.50, 81, 4, 0
5, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, 5.00, 62, 4, 0
6, What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle, 7.00, 61, 6, 1
7, Seesaw by Carmel Doohan, 9.17, 51, 6, 0
8, Chouette by Claire Oshetky, 9.33, 46, 12, 1
9, The Tomb Guardians by Paul Griffiths, 9.86, 41, 7, 0
10, Bolla by Pajtim Statovci, 5.67, 40, 3, 0
11, The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, 9.00, 38, 6, 2
12, In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, 10.50, 25, 10, 0
12, Second Place by Rachel Cusk, 10.21, 25, 19, 1
14, Bewilderment by Richard Powers, 10.16, 24, 19, 2
15, Zorrie by Laird Hunt, 10.50, 22, 12, 1
16, Learwife by J.R. Thorp, 10.14, 21, 7, 2
17, Distant Transit by Maja Haderlap, 1.00, 16, 1, 1
17, Civilisations by Laurent Binet, 9.80, 16, 5, 1
19, The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan, 4.00, 9, 1, 0
19, People Like Them by Samira Sedira, 5.00, 9, 1, 0
19, To Write As If Already Dead by Kate Zambreno, 6.50, 9, 2, 1
22, The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright, 7.33, 8, 3, 0
22, Panenka by Ronan Hession, 11.67, 8, 3, 0
24, The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei, 10.33, 4, 3, 0
25, Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, 10.13, 3, 8, 0
26, Pupa by J.O. Morgan, 12.50, 2, 2, 0
26, Still Life by Sarah Winman, 13.33, 2, 3, 1
26, Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai, 13.00, 2, 3, 0
26, Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner, 12.33, 2, 12, 2
30, Radio Joan by Kevin Davey, 14.50, 1, 2, 1
31, The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández, 13.67, 0, 6, 0
32, My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley, 14.50, -13, 4, 0
33, Some Rise By Sin by Siôn Scott-Wilson, 12.50, -14, 2, 0
34, Permafrost by Eva Baltasar, 13.00, -18, 4, 0
35, Dog Park by Sofi Oksanen, 15.00, -19, 3, 0
36, Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, 12.00, -22, 3, 0
37, Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, 13.57, -23, 7, 0
38, Intimacies by Katie Kitamura, 12.00, -28, 11, 0
39, Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, 12.60, -29, 5, 0
40, Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, 13.25, -32, 4, 0
41, Matrix by Lauren Groff, 12.58, -33, 12, 0
42, Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, 12.20, -35, 10, 1
42, Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller, 12.71, -35, 14, 0
44, Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen, 17.75, -36, 4, 0
45, Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor, 14.56, -37, 9, 0
45, The Employees by Olga Ravn, 14.78, -37, 9, 0
47, Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun, 14.75, -38, 4, 0
48, The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter, 19.00, -42, 3, 0
49, The Promise by Damon Galgut, 11.80, -44, 20, 0
50, This One Sky Day by Leone Ross, 15.10, -46, 10, 0
51, Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, 13.91, -51, 11, 0
52, A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam, 12.32, -58, 19, 0
53, Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters, 14.64, -75, 11, 0
54, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, 15.56, -77, 9, 0
55, No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, 12.71, -101, 21, 2
56, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, 13.75, -121, 20, 0
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1 The Books of Jacob
2 Lean Fall Stand
3 Checkout 19
4 A New Name: Septology VI-VII
5 Chouette
6 Small Things Like These
7 In Memory of Memory
8 The Tomb Guardians
9 Assembly
(4.5* rounded up to 5)
10 What Willow Says
11 The Promise
12 Bewilderment
(4.5* rounded down to 4)
13 Learwife
14 A Passage North
15 Cursed Bunny
16 Seesaw
17 Second Place
18 Sterling Karat Gold
19 Unsettled Ground
(4*)
20 No One is Talking About This
21 The Employees
22 This One Sky Day
(3*)
23 Klara and the Sun
All links are to my reviews
1. Sterling Karat Gold2. Assembly
3. Bolla
4. The Things We've Seen
5. Seesaw
6. The Books of Jacob
7. Cursed Bunny
8. A Passage North
9. Second Place
10. Chouette
11. Small Things Like These
12. To Write as If Already Dead
13. The Promise
14. Chasing Homer
15. Permafrost
16. Detransition, Baby
17. Bewilderment
18. Klara and the Sun
19. The Twilight Zone
20. Matrix
21. Unsettled Ground
22. Zorrie
23. Checkout 19
24. No One Is Talking About This
25. Hell of a Book
26. Cloud Cuckoo Land
5*1 Assembly
2 No One is Talking About This
3 Small Things Like These
4 Zorrie
5 Panenka
6 Empire of Pain
7 Bewilderment
8 Lean Fall Stand
9 Chouette
4*
10 Intimacies
11 A Passage North
12 Second Place
13 Unsettled Ground
14 Klara and the Sun
15 The Employees
16 Matrix
17 My Phantoms
18 Detransition Baby
19 Civilisations
20 Nightbitch
21 Checkout 19
22 This One Sky Day
3*
23 The Tomb Guardians
2*
24 The Promise
1*
25 Sterling Karat Gold
Updated 26-12-21: Merry Christmas!1 Distant Transit Maja Haderlap (5 stars)
2 The Membranes Chi Ta-wei (4.5 stars)
3 The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández (4.5 stars)
4 The Employees by Olga Ravn (4.5 stars)
5 The Promise by Damon Galgut (4 stars)
6 Assembly by Natasha Brown (4 stars)
7 Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (4 stars)
8 Zorrie by Laird Hunt (4 stars)
9 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 stars)
10 A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam (3.5 stars)
11 Second Place by Rachel Cusk (3.5 stars)
12 The Tomb Guardians by Paul Griffiths (3.5 stars)
13 Chouette by Claire Oshetky (3 stars)
14 Lemon Kwon Yeo-Sun (3 stars)
15 Bewilderment by Richard Powers (2.5 stars)
16 Matrix by Lauren Groff (2 stars)
17 No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (2 stars)
5*1. Radio Joan by Kevin Davey
2. A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse
3. The Things We've Seen by Agustín Fernández Mallo
4. Assembly by Natasha Brown
5. Bewilderment by Richard Powers
6. Second Place by Rachel Cusk
7. Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner
8. The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (part read - could move either direction)
9. The Promise by Damon Galgut
10. Seesaw by Carmel Doohan
11. In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova
12. The Tomb Guardians by Paul Griffiths
4*
13. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
14. The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter
15. Chouette by Claire Oshetky
16. Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett
17. Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor
18. My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley
19. No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
20. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
21. Matrix by Lauren Groff
22. Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
DNF
23. This One Sky Day by Leone Ross
Rank. Book Rank in 2021 of all books read * ratingBook of the year contenders which I could easily reorder (5/4.5*):
1. Sterling Karat Gold 1/182 5*
2. A New Name 2/182 5*
3. Assembly 4/182 5*
4. The Things We've Seen 5/182 5*
5. Chouette 7/182 5*
6. Small Things Like These 9/182 5*
7. The Tomb Guardians 10/182 5*
8. This One Sky Day 11/182 5*
9. Seesaw 12/182 5*
10. Second Place 13/182 5*
11. What Willow Says 14/182 5*
11. Checkout 19 17/182 4*
Very good (4*)
12. In Memory of Memory 20/182 4*
13. The Employees 30/182 4*
14. Learwife 32/182 4*
15. Chasing Homer 34/182 4*
16. Cursed Bunny 35/182 4*
17. Pupa 51/182 4*
18. A Passage North 58/182 4*
19. My Phantoms na* 4*
Good 3.5*:
20. The Twilight Zone 73/182 4*
21. Permafrost 74/182 4*
22. The Promise 76/182 4*
23. Panenka 94/182 4*
24. Unsettled Ground 95/182 4*
25. Strange Beasts of China 97/182 4*
26. Lean Fall Stand 108/182 3*
Disappointing:
27. Radio Joan 118/182 3*
28. Lemon 121/182 3*
29. Klara and the Sun 133/182 3*
30. Bewilderment 136/182 3*
Disliked:
31. Zorrie 157/182 2*
32. No One is Talking About This 160/182 2*
33. The Books of Jacob 179/182 1*
(* My Phantoms I read last year)
[Hugh - I wanted to tidy up a little, and having completed by year-end moderation, Learwife has dropped a couple of places, but may be easier not to update my ranking]
I really should use half stars for honesty, but for simplicity I'm just trying to group in whole numbers.5*
1. Still Life
2. No One is Talking about This
3. Assembly
4. This One Sky Day
5. Zorrie
6. Harlem Shuffle
7. Crossroads
8. Bewilderment
4*
9. Small Things Like These
10. Empire of Pain
11. Cloud Cuckoo Land
12. The Promise
13. Klara and the Sun
14. Unsettled Ground
15. Matrix
3*
16. Lean Fall Stand
17. Second Place
18. In Memory of Memory
19. Intimacies
20. Hell of a Book
21. A Passage North
2*
22. Checkout 19
23. Sterling Karat Gold
24. The Employees
25. Detransition Baby
26. The Death of Francis Bacon
27. Nightbitch
5 stars1. Civilizations
2. Empire of Pain
3. Intimacies
4. Harlem Shuffle
4,5 stars
5. People Like Them
6. Small Things Like These
4 stars:
7. Klara and the Sun
8. Twilight Zone
9. The Promise
10. Lemon
11. Dog Park
12. The Membranes
13. A Passage North
14. Second Place
2-3 stars (and disappointments of the year)
15. No One is Talking About This
16. Bewilderment
DNF:
17. This one sky day
18. In Memory of Memory
1. Zorrie2. Unsettled Ground
3. Klara and the Sun
4. Matrix
5. Harlem Shuffle
6. The Promise
7. Assembly
8. Intimacies
9. Cloud Cuckoo Land
10. Detransition, Baby
11. Permafrost
12. Bewilderment
13. No One Is Talking About This
14. Hell of a Book
15. A Passage North
1. Learwife2. Dog Park
3. My Phantoms
4. Books of Jacob
5. Second Place
6. Intimacies
7. Assembly
8. A Passage North
9. Detransition, Baby
10. Bewilderment
11. Checkout 19
12. Civilisations
13. Klara and the Sun
14. Matrix
15. Lean Fall Stand
16. The Promise
17. Some Rise by Sin
Jan 15 - One last addition before the final tally - SeesawJan 10 - Finally finished A New Name and ranked it; review to follow
Jan 2 - I had expected to finish The Things We've Seen on Dec 31 but it would not cooperate. It has taken the #1 slot.
Dec 27 - Adding 1 more. May get another done by year's end
Dec 20 - Adding 2 more books.
Dec 18 - Adding 3 books to my list. There will be more before end of year.
5*
1. The Things We've Seen
2. The Employees
3. Zorrie
4. Matrix
5. The Tomb Guardians
6. The Twilight Zone
7. Assembly
8. In Memory of Memory
9. What Willow Says
10. A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse
11. Seesaw
12. Small Things Like These
13. The Second Place
14. Bewilderment
4*
15. Civilizations
16. Harlem Shuffle
17. Sterling Karat Gold
18. A Passage North
19. Unsettled Ground
20. Klara and the Sun
21. Still Life
22. This One Sky Day
23. Crossroads
24. Hell of a Book
25. Learwife
26. No One is Talking About This
27. Detransition Baby
28. The Promise
29. Chouette
30. Lean Fall Stand
31. Intimacies
32. Dog Park
3*
33. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Edited to include LEARWIFE--of 16 books read:1. Learwife
2. Civilisations
3. The Man Who Lived Underground
4. The Orphanage
5. In Memory of Memory
6. Assembly
7. Second Place
8. Nightbitch
8. Detransition Baby
10. Cursed Bunny
11. This One Sky Day
12. Strange Beasts of China
13. Sorrowland
14. Small Things Like These
15. No One is Talking About This
16. Klara and the Sun
I don't think I can really say I "read" Chouette
1 Hell of a Book (5*) 2 Assembly (5*)
3 A Passage North (5*)
4 Klara and the Sun (5*)
5 Cloud Cuckoo Land (5*)
6 Bewilderment (4*)
7 What Willow Says (4*)
8 Zorrie (4*)
9 Learwife (4*) @
10 Second Place (4*)
11 No One Is Talking About This (4*)
12 The Promise (3*)
13 Matrix (3*)
14 Unsettled Ground (3*)
15 Harlem Shuffle (3*)
16 Sorrowland (2*)
@ Updated Jan 2, 2022
1. No One is Talking About This2. Assembly
3. Nightbitch
4. Bewilderment
5. Lean Fall Stand
6. The Promise
7. Unsettled Ground
8. This One Sky Day
9. Second Place
10. A Passage North
11. Detransition Baby
12. Klara and the Sun
13. Sterling Karat Gold
14. Cloud Cuckoo Land
15. Checkout 19
16. Intimacies
17. The Death of Francis Bacon
18.Still Life
19. Crossroads
1. Second Place2. The Promise
3. Assembly
4. Intimacies
5. A Passage North
6. Matrix
7. Checkout 19
8. Sterling Karat Gold
9. No One Is Talking About This
10. Hell of a Book
11. Klara and the Sun
12. Detransition Baby
13. Zorrie
14. Bewilderment
15. Cloud Cuckoo Land
1. Bewilderment by Richard Powers2. Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4. Assembly by Natasha Brown
5. The Promise by Damon Galgut
6. Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
7. No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
8. Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
9. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
10. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
11. Second Place by Rachel Cusk
12. Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
13. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
1. What Willow Says by Lynn Buckle 2. Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
3. Sterling Karat Gold - Isabel Waidner
4. Seesaw by Carmel Doohan
5. Bewilderment by Richard Powers
6. Panenka by Ronan Hession
7. Pupa by J.O. Morgan
8. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
9. The Promise by Damon Galgut
10. Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
11. Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
12. The Employees by Olga Ravn
13. In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova
14. No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
15. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
16. Second Place by Rachel Cusk
1. Chouette 2. Assembly
3. No One Is Talking About This
4. The Man Who Lived Underground
5. Nightbitch
1. Bewilderment by Richard Powers2. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
3. Chouette by Claire Oshetky
4. Assembly by Natasha Brown
5. The Promise by Damon Galgut
6. Second Place by Rachel Cusk
7. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
8. Zorrie by Laird Hunt
9. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
10. Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
11. No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
1. Assembly by Natasha Brown2. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
3. Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
4. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
5. Bewilderment by Richard Powers
6. Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
7. Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
8. Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
9. The Promise by Damon Galgut
10. Matrix by Lauren Groff
11. Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor
12. No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
13. A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
14. Zorrie by Laird Hunt
15. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
1. No One Is Talking About This2. Empire of Pain
3. Assembly
4. Bolla
5. In Memory of Memory
6. Chouette
7. Second Place
8. Zorrie
9. Hell of a Book
10. Bewilderment
11. Unsettled Ground
12. Matrix
13. Small Things Like These
14. This One Sky Day
15. The Man Who Lived Underground
16. A Passage North
17. The Membranes
18. Checkout 19
19. Intimacies
20. Klara and the Sun
21. The Promise
22. Detransition Baby
23. Cloud Cuckoo Land
24. Harlem Shuffle
25. The Twilight Zone
26. Sterling Karat Gold
27. The Employees
28. Cursed Bunny
1. The Books of Jacob 2. The Tomb Guardians
3. Assembly
4. What the Willow Says
5. Chouette
6. Sterling Karat Gold
7. Learwife
8. Some Rise by Sin
9. Chasing Homer
10. Bolla
11. The Promise
12. No One is Talking About This
13. Second Place
14. The Employees
15. Unsettled Ground
16. Cursed Bunny
17. Klara and the Sun
All equally liked but for different reasons, but in order of relative preference:To write as if already dead
Harlem shuffle
Strange beasts of china
Permafrost
Checkout 19
Not so keen:
Lemon
DNF:
In Memory of Memory
Likely to read out of the remaining books on the overall list:
Assembly
My Phantoms
Second Place
What Willow Says
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I strongly encourage numbering them 1,2,3,...,number of books read - if you omit the numbers, I will assume that this is what you want, which may save you time.
NB I have also decided that for the league tables, I need to treat all lists as numbered 1,2,3,...,number of books, because this worked well last year and speeds up the spreadsheet maintenance.
Please post one list per person and use edit where necessary. I will keep this open until at least the end of the year.
Please do not post general chat here - it may be deleted to keep this tidy!
These are the 56 nominated books (please do not vote for anything else!):