The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Sorry, I should have created this when the shortlist was announced. Usual rules:

These are the shortlisted books:

Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce Padilla tr. Sarah Booker (Restless Books)
God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu tr. (A Public Space Books)
A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse tr. Damion Searls (Transit Books)
Pollak's Arm by Hans von Trotha tr. Elisabeth Lauffer (New Vessel Press)
The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr tr. (Coach House Books)

LEAGUE TABLES

Shortlist rankings only:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 2.25, 1.25, 4, 2, 0.41
2, Pollak's Arm by Hans von Trotha, 2.20, 1.40, 5, 1, 0.36
3, God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu, 3.00, 2.00, 3, 0, 0.37
4, The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr, 3.00, 2.08, 4, 1, 0.47
5, Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce Padilla, 3.50, 2.92, 4, 1, 0.67

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Pollak's Arm by Hans von Trotha, 2.20, 5, 5, 1
2, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 2.25, 3, 4, 2
3, God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu, 3.00, 0, 3, 0
4, The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr, 3.00, -2, 4, 1
5, Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce Padilla, 3.50, -6, 4, 1

Including longlist rankings

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, Pollak's Arm by Hans von Trotha, 2.33, 1.50, 6, 1, 0.40
2, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 2.60, 1.60, 5, 2, 0.51
3, The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr, 2.60, 1.67, 5, 2, 0.47
4, God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu, 2.75, 1.75, 4, 0, 0.38
5, Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce Padilla, 3.80, 3.13, 5, 1, 0.77

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Pollak's Arm by Hans von Trotha, 2.33, 5, 6, 1
2, God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu, 2.75, 2, 4, 0
2, The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr, 2.60, 2, 5, 2
4, A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, 2.60, 1, 5, 2
5, Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce Padilla, 3.80, -10, 5, 1

1 A New Name
3 Pollak's Arm

1. The Sleeping Car Porter
2. Pollak's Arm
3. Blood Red

1. A New Name (6*)- my review
2. Pollak's Arm (4.5*) - my review
3. God’s Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories (4*)- my review
4. The Sleeping Car Porter (4*) - my review
5. Blood Red (4*) - my review

(the top 5 from my longlist rankings and all worthy winners)

Shortlist:

1. Restless Books. Blood Red
2. A Public Space. God's Children
3. New Vessel. Pollak's Arm
4. Coffee House. The Sleeping Car Porter
5. Transit. A New Name

Thanks, Hugh. We usually lose a few people from longlist to shortlist threads. I thought you might have intended to keep the rankings on a single thread.