The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules - list the books from these nominations which you have read in order of preference, best first and use edit if you need to update your lists. These are the books

These are the 70 nominated books (alphabetically by title):

Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel after David Bowie by Lance Olsen (14/2/2023, Peter)
Austral by Carlos Fonseca (23/5/2023, Sonia)
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (3/1/2023, Ben)
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (8/6/2023, Laura)
The Bell of the World by Gregory Day (1/3/2023, Peter)
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (21/3/2023, Tracy)
Blackouts by Justin Torres (10/10/2023, endrju)
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2/5/2023, Nadine)
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner (27/7/2023, Paul)
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers (16/3/2023, WndyJW)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (18/10/2022, Gumble's Yard)
The Details by Ia Genberg (25/5/2023, Sonia)
Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison (7/2/2023, Emily)
The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia (7/3/2023, endrju)
Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks (2/3/2023, Hugh)
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant (6/6/2023, Sam)
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie (19/1/2023, Gumble's Yard)
Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes (17/1/2023, Lee)
The Fraud by Zadie Smith (5/9/2023, Sam)
The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore (21/9/2023, Ben D)
Grimmish by Michael Winkler (1/5/2022, Stacia)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (8/8/2023, Cindy)
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein (7/2/2023, Sonia)
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore (20/6/2023, Cindy)
I Named My Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda (19/6/2023, David)
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes (2/2/2023, Nadine)
In Memoriam by Alice Winn (7/3/2023, Cindy,Jo)
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck (1/6/2023, Rachel)
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott (5/10/2022, Joe)
A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro (11/7/2023, Hugh)
The Long Form by Kate Briggs (12/4/2023, Emily)
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu (3/11/2022, Gumble's Yard)
The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut (7/9/2023, Sam)
Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai (2/5/2023, Vesna)
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (7/3/2023, Tracy)
My Work by Olga Ravn (1/9/2023, Rachel)
Never Was by H. Gareth Gavin (6/4/2023, endrju)
The New Life by Tom Crewe (3/1/2023, Jo)
North Woods by Daniel Mason (19/9/2023, Jill)
Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia (11/4/2023, Lark)
Of Talons and Teeth by Niall Griffiths (5/12/2023, WndyJW)
The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua (7/7/2022, Lark)
Open Throat by Henry Hoke (6/6/2023, Ben)
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez (13/10/2022, Tracy)
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (25/10/2022, Lee)
Pearl by Siân Hughes (11/5/2023, klaudia)
The Pole by J.M. Coetzee (19/9/2023, Vesna)
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (1/4/2023, David)
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (24/8/2023, Joe,Jo)
Reproduction by Louisa Hall (13/6/2023, Lark)
Riambel by Priya Hein (30/5/2023, Ben)
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (19/1/2023, Joy)
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph (6/10/2022, Joy)
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy (2/5/2023, Emily)
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (7/2/2023, Laura)
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy (22/11/2022, Lee)
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein (6/7/2023, Paul)
This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor (4/4/2023, Rachel)
Tremor by Teju Cole (17/10/2023, Vesna)
Truth & Dare by So Mayer (20/7/2023, David)
Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell (28/2/2023, Stacia)
Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro (6/6/2023, WndyJW)
An Ungrateful Instrument by Michael Meehan (1/2/2023, Peter)
Vehicle by Jen Calleja (8/2/2023, Hugh)
Victory City by Salman Rushdie (7/2/2023, Joy)
Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer (23/5/2023, Stacia)
The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts (27/4/2023, Paul)
Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan (19/1/2023, Joe)
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon (24/1/2023, Nadine)
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (16/5/2023, Laura)

League Tables:

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Penalty Points, Adjusted, Count, First Places
1, Cuddy by Benjamin Myers, 5.75, 0.0, 16.92, 8, 2
2, Grimmish by Michael Winkler, 7.86, 0.0, 21.19, 7, 1
3, Blackouts by Justin Torres, 8.46, 0.0, 21.60, 13, 2
4, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 6.88, 0.0, 21.76, 16, 1
5, Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, 8.92, 0.0, 21.78, 13, 2
6, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant, 14.80, 0.0, 22.68, 5, 1
7, The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia, 1.50, 21.0, 22.75, 2, 1
8, Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, 8.27, 0.0, 23.27, 11, 0
9, Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy, 8.33, 0.0, 23.39, 6, 0
10, Never Was by H. Gareth Gavin, 12.20, 0.0, 23.92, 5, 0
11, The Long Form by Kate Briggs, 9.71, 0.0, 24.47, 7, 1
12, Austral by Carlos Fonseca, 6.14, 0.0, 26.27, 7, 1
13, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, 10.50, 7.0, 26.33, 4, 0
14, A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro, 12.00, 0.0, 26.91, 8, 0
15, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, 7.38, 0.0, 27.35, 8, 1
16, North Woods by Daniel Mason, 12.00, 0.0, 27.80, 7, 1
17, Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai, 8.71, 0.0, 28.59, 7, 1
18, The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut, 14.36, 0.0, 28.66, 11, 2
19, Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein, 8.26, 0.0, 28.98, 19, 1
20, Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell, 7.00, 0.0, 29.73, 7, 0
21, Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright, 5.00, 21.0, 30.00, 2, 1
22, Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein, 10.17, 0.0, 30.18, 12, 0
23, Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks, 12.00, 0.0, 30.35, 11, 1
24, Vehicle by Jen Calleja, 10.50, 7.0, 30.53, 4, 0
25, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie, 6.00, 14.0, 30.59, 3, 0
26, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, 13.75, 7.0, 30.63, 4, 1
27, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner, 14.00, 0.0, 31.56, 7, 1
28, Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, 15.40, 0.0, 31.59, 5, 0
29, Limberlost by Robbie Arnott, 9.60, 0.0, 31.86, 5, 0
30, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 12.50, 0.0, 32.02, 12, 1
31, Tremor by Teju Cole, 12.40, 0.0, 32.19, 10, 0
32, Reproduction by Louisa Hall, 13.86, 0.0, 33.06, 7, 0
33, River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer, 3.00, 28.0, 33.15, 1, 0
34, Pearl by Siân Hughes, 12.44, 0.0, 33.16, 16, 1
35, Truth & Dare by So Mayer, 10.25, 7.0, 33.59, 4, 0
36, The Pole by J.M. Coetzee, 9.83, 0.0, 33.64, 6, 1
37, Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, 16.18, 0.0, 35.25, 11, 0
38, My Work by Olga Ravn, 16.00, 0.0, 36.20, 6, 1
39, The Details by Ia Genberg, 12.50, 7.0, 36.34, 4, 0
40, Victory City by Salman Rushdie, 16.00, 0.0, 37.10, 9, 1
41, Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu, 13.00, 0.0, 37.92, 7, 0
42, The Fraud by Zadie Smith, 14.08, 0.0, 38.16, 13, 0
43, Riambel by Priya Hein, 21.00, 0.0, 38.99, 5, 1
44, In Ascension by Martin MacInnes, 12.31, 0.0, 41.25, 16, 1
45, In Memoriam by Alice Winn, 14.82, 0.0, 41.36, 11, 1
46, Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, 16.11, 0.0, 41.69, 9, 0
47, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, 14.71, 0.0, 42.93, 17, 0
48, Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, 9.14, 0.0, 43.43, 7, 0
49, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph, 21.00, 14.0, 43.76, 3, 0
50, Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, 16.25, 7.0, 43.93, 4, 0
51, A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, 15.71, 0.0, 45.19, 14, 0
52, The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore, 19.33, 14.0, 45.34, 3, 0
53, The New Life by Tom Crewe, 17.10, 0.0, 45.90, 10, 0
54, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, 20.25, 0.0, 46.92, 8, 0
55, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore, 17.30, 0.0, 47.33, 10, 0
56, Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, 10.00, 14.0, 47.52, 3, 0
57, I Named My Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda, 11.00, 28.0, 47.92, 1, 0
58, This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, 17.75, 7.0, 47.92, 4, 0
59, Open Throat by Henry Hoke, 20.00, 0.0, 48.49, 8, 0
60, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, 17.23, 0.0, 49.57, 13, 0
61, The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon, 24.00, 0.0, 49.75, 5, 0
62, Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro, 17.67, 14.0, 52.95, 3, 0
63, The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua, 23.33, 14.0, 53.48, 3, 0
64, The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts, 14.00, 14.0, 56.33, 3, 0
65, Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison, 20.33, 14.0, 60.28, 3, 0
66, Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, 22.67, 14.0, 78.71, 3, 0
67, Of Talons and Teeth by Niall Griffiths, 21.50, 21.0, 81.40, 2, 0

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, 6.88, 129, 16, 1
2, Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein, 8.26, 99, 19, 1
3, Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, 8.92, 96, 13, 2
4, Cuddy by Benjamin Myers, 5.75, 85, 8, 2
5, Blackouts by Justin Torres, 8.46, 83, 13, 2
6, Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, 8.27, 80, 11, 0
7, Grimmish by Michael Winkler, 7.86, 76, 7, 1
8, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, 7.38, 67, 8, 1
9, Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein, 10.17, 66, 12, 0
10, The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia, 1.50, 54, 2, 1
11, Austral by Carlos Fonseca, 6.14, 52, 7, 1
12, Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright, 5.00, 51, 2, 1
13, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie, 6.00, 47, 3, 0
13, Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy, 8.33, 47, 6, 0
15, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, 10.50, 42, 4, 0
16, The Long Form by Kate Briggs, 9.71, 40, 7, 1
17, North Woods by Daniel Mason, 12.00, 38, 7, 1
18, Truth & Dare by So Mayer, 10.25, 33, 4, 0
19, Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks, 12.00, 32, 11, 1
20, Vehicle by Jen Calleja, 10.50, 31, 4, 0
20, Never Was by H. Gareth Gavin, 12.20, 31, 5, 0
22, River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer, 3.00, 26, 1, 0
22, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant, 14.80, 26, 5, 1
22, Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell, 7.00, 26, 7, 0
25, Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, 10.00, 25, 3, 0
26, Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner, 14.00, 24, 7, 1
27, Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai, 8.71, 20, 7, 1
28, Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu, 13.00, 19, 7, 0
29, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, 13.75, 16, 4, 1
30, I Named My Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda, 11.00, 15, 1, 0
31, Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, 9.14, 6, 7, 0
32, A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro, 12.00, 3, 8, 0
33, Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, 15.40, 2, 5, 0
34, The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut, 14.36, 0, 11, 2
35, The Details by Ia Genberg, 12.50, -1, 4, 0
35, Tremor by Teju Cole, 12.40, -1, 10, 0
35, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 12.50, -1, 12, 1
38, Limberlost by Robbie Arnott, 9.60, -2, 5, 0
39, The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts, 14.00, -5, 3, 0
40, Reproduction by Louisa Hall, 13.86, -8, 7, 0
41, The Pole by J.M. Coetzee, 9.83, -10, 6, 1
42, Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro, 17.67, -12, 3, 0
43, Pearl by Siân Hughes, 12.44, -13, 16, 1
44, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph, 21.00, -19, 3, 0
45, The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore, 19.33, -20, 3, 0
46, This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, 17.75, -21, 4, 0
47, My Work by Olga Ravn, 16.00, -24, 6, 1
47, Victory City by Salman Rushdie, 16.00, -24, 9, 1
49, Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, 16.25, -25, 4, 0
50, Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison, 20.33, -33, 3, 0
51, Riambel by Priya Hein, 21.00, -35, 5, 1
52, Of Talons and Teeth by Niall Griffiths, 21.50, -36, 2, 0
53, Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, 16.18, -44, 11, 0
54, The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua, 23.33, -49, 3, 0
55, In Memoriam by Alice Winn, 14.82, -51, 11, 1
56, The Fraud by Zadie Smith, 14.08, -52, 13, 0
57, In Ascension by Martin MacInnes, 12.31, -55, 16, 1
58, Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, 16.11, -58, 9, 0
59, Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, 22.67, -61, 3, 0
60, The New Life by Tom Crewe, 17.10, -74, 10, 0
61, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore, 17.30, -84, 10, 0
62, Open Throat by Henry Hoke, 20.00, -95, 8, 0
63, The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon, 24.00, -97, 5, 0
63, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff, 20.25, -97, 8, 0
65, A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, 15.71, -101, 14, 0
66, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray, 14.71, -128, 17, 0
67, Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan, 17.23, -151, 13, 0

No rankings yet:
The Bell of the World by Gregory Day
Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel after David Bowie by Lance Olsen
An Ungrateful Instrument by Michael Meehan

1. Blackouts
2. Prophet Song
3. Study for Obedience
4. Pearl
5. Bee Sting
6. In Ascension

Prophet Song
Cuddy
Never Was
Vehicle
Fire Rush
Study for Obedience
In Ascension
Biography of X
A Little Luck
Pearl
The Long Form
The Glutton
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility
Demon Copperhead
My Work
A Spell of Good Things
The Way the Day Breaks
Truth & Dare
Whale
The Bee Sting

1. Praiseworthy
2. The Fifth Wound
3. Blackouts
4. Study for Obedience
5. Tremor
6. Mild Vertigo
7. The Long Form
8. Austral
9. Grimmish
10. Of Cattle and Men
11. I Named My Sister Silence
12. Never Was
13. Truth & Dare
14. This Is Not Miami
15. Vehicle
16. Corey Fah Does Social Mobility
17. Hungry Ghosts
18. Ultramarine
19. Kairos
20. My Work
21. A Little Luck
22. Fire Rush
23. The MANIAC
24. Prophet Song
25. Open Throat
26. The New Life
27. In Ascension
28. The Fraud
29. The Bee Sting
30. Riambel
31. Pearl
32. Wait Softly Brother
33. A Spell of Good Things
34. Demon Copperhead
35. Chain-Gang All-Stars
36. Whale

Prophet Song
Limberlost
A Little Luck
Whale
Hungry Ghosts
In Memoriam
Cuddy
The Bee Sting
The New Life
Study for Obedience
A Spell of Good Things

1.The Passenger
1a./2. Stella Maris
3. Forbidden Notebook
4. Demon Copperhead
5. Whale
6. Blackouts
7. Two Sherpas
8. Pearl
9. Study For Obedience
10. Open Throat
11. Of Cattle and Men
12. The Bee Sting

1 Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
2 Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
3 The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts
4 The Long Form by Kate Briggs
5 Grimmish by Michael Winkler
6 Truth & Dare by So Mayer
7 Austral by Carlos Fonseca
8 Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia
9 Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
10 Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
11 For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain
12 Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell
13 Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
14 Vehicle by Jen Calleja
15 Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison
16 Never Was by H. Gareth Gavin
17 Pearl by Siân Hughes
18 Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan
19 Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
20 Kairos by Jenny Erbenbeck
21 Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai
22 Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
23 Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro
24 My Work by Olga Ravn
25 Tremor by Teju Cole
26 Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
27 The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut
28 Riambel by Priya Hein
29 A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
30 Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
31 Blackouts by Justin Torres
32 The New Life by Tom Crewe
33 Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Completely failed to nominate anything but here are my rankings of the 10 I have read. Roughly speaking, liked the top 5-6 a lot and less sure about the others.

(I think only the Adjei-Brenyah would actually make my top ten of the year, but I include books first read by me this year and published whenever.)

1. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
2. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
3. Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
4. For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie
5. Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
6. The Fraud by Zadie Smith
7. In Memoriam by Alice Winn
8. A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
9. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
10. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

1. In Ascension
2. Chain-Gang All-Stars
3. The Bee Sting
4. The World and All It Holds
5. Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
6. The New Life
7. Victory City
8. Tremor
9. Demon Copperhead
10. Fire Rush

1. North Woods
2. Solider Sailor
3. The Fraud
4. Corey Fah Does Social Mobility
5. Chain Gang All Stars
6. Hungry Ghosts
7. Blackouts
8. A Little Luck
9. The New Life
10. A Spell of Good Things
11. The MANIAC
12. Limberlost
13. The Bee Sting
14. In Ascension
15. In Memoriam
16. Pearl
17. I am Homeless if This Is Not My Home
18. Yellowface
19. Biography of X
20. Study for Obedience
21. Losing the Plot
22. The Way the Day Breaks
23. Whale

1. Victory City by Salman Rushdie (5*)
2. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes (5*)
3. River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (5*)
4. Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (5*)
5. The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph (5*)
6. Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein (5*)
7. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (4.5*)
8. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (4.5*)
9. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (4*)
10. The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut (4*)
11. Pearl by Siân Hughes (4*)
12. Fire Weather A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant (4*)
13. North Woods by Daniel Mason (4*)
14. Blackouts by Justin Torres (4*)
15. Tremor by Teju Cole (4*)
16. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (4*)
17. The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (4*)
18. Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (3.5*)
19. Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes (3.5*)
20. The Details by Ia Genberg (3.5*)
21. The Fraud by Zadie Smith (3*)
22. A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (3*)
23. The Pole by J.M. Coetzee
24. Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein (3*)
25. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (3*)
26. Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks (3*)
27. In Memoriam by Alice Winn (3*)
28. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore (3*)
29. Of Talons and Teeth by Niall Griffiths(3*)
30. The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon (3*)
31. Open Throat by Henry Hoke (3*)
32. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (2*)

Plan to Read:(view spoiler)[
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison
My Work by Olga Ravn
The New Life by Tom Crewe
Reproduction by Louisa Hall
Riambel by Priya Hein
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan
(hide spoiler)]

May Read: (still deciding or looking for a copy)(view spoiler)[
Always Crashing in the Same Car A Novel after David Bowie by Lance Olsen
Austral by Carlos Fonseca
The Bell of The World by Gregory Day
The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie
The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore
Grimmish by Michael Winkler
I Named My Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
The Long Form by Kate Briggs
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai
Never Was by H. Gareth Gavin
Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia
The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor
Truth & Dare by So Mayer
Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell
Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro
An Ungrateful Instrument by Michael Meehan
Vehicle by Jen Calleja
Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts (hide spoiler)]

Likely Will Not Read (content is not for me):(view spoiler)[
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (hide spoiler)]

Loved:
1. My Work
2. Of Cattle and Men
3. The Details
4. Kairos
5. Mild Vertigo
6. A Little Luck
7. This Is Not Miami
8. Two Sherpas

Okay:
9. Austral
10. Reproduction
11. North Woods
12. Chain Gang All-Stars
13. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

Among my least favorite reads of the year:
14. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
15. Our Share of Night

1. Austral
2. The Details
3. Two Sherpas
4. Hungry Ghosts

Grimmish
Study for Obedience
Of Cattle and Men
Reproduction

The Pole
The World and All it Holds
Two Sherpas
Mild Vertigo
The Only Daughter
Tremor
Open Throat

Monstrillo
Whale
Our Share of Nnight
Yellowface

Cuddy
In Ascension
Lessons In Chemistry

Grimmish
Wait Softly Brother
Two Sherpas
Ultramarine
Mild Vertigo

1 Cuddy – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 Soldier Sailor – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Prophet Song – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 Losing the Plot – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6 Hungry Ghosts – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7 Corey Fah Does Social Mobility – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8 Fire Weather – 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9 The New Life– 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10 Demon Copperhead – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11 Study for Obedience – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12 Victory City – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
13 North Woods – 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
14 Grimmish -4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15 In Ascension – 4 *
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16 Yellowface – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
17 Chain Gang All Stars – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
18 Fire Rush – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
19 Pearl – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
20 Reproduction – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
21 The MANIAC – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
22 The Fraud – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
23 I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
24 The Long Form – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
25 Limberlost – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
26 Spell of Good Things – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
27 Never Was – 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
28 Stella Maris – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
29 The Passenger – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
30 Riambel - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
31 The Bee Sting - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
32 Biography of X – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
33 Of Cattle and Men – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
34 The Bandit Queens – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
35 In Memoriam – 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
36 Open Throat - 2*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
37 The World and All That It Holds – 1*
Did not write review

1. Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
2. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
3. A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
4. Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
5. Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
6. Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia
7. Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell
8. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
9. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
10. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
11. Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
12. Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
13. Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
14. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
15. Victory City by Salman Rushdie
16. Pearl by Siân Hughes
17. Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan
18. Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
19. This is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor
20. In Memoriam by Alice Winn
21. A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Stuart wrote: "Cuddy
In Ascension
Lessons In Chemistry"

Did you mean Lessons in Chemistry? It wasn't nominated and in any case wouldn't have been eligible since it was published too early in 2022...

1. The Long Form
2. Of Cattle and Men
3. Study for Obedience
4. Soldier Sailor
5. Grimmish
6. Falling Hour
7. Our Share of Night
8. Wait Softly Brother

(Will try to read Pearl and Kairos, since I have them at home waiting).

1. The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia
2. Blackouts by Justin Torres
3. Never Was by H. Gareth Gavin
4. Truth & Dare by So Mayer
5. Austral by Carlos Fonseca
6. Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
7. Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia
8. Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
9. Vehicle by Jen Calleja
10. Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
11. Open Throat by Henry Hoke
12. Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro
13. Grimmish by Michael Winkler
14. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
15. The New Life by Tom Crewe
16. The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut
17. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
18. The Long Form by Kate Briggs
19. North Woods by Daniel Mason
20. Reproduction by Louisa Hall
21. Victory City by Salman Rushdie
22. Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan

1) Pearl by Siân Hughes
2) The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

When will the ranking end?

klaudia ✮ wrote: "1) Pearl by Siân Hughes
2) The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

When will the ranking end?"
I hadn't really thought about that but probably end of January.

In Memoriam
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Demon Copperhead
Cuddy
The Fraud
North Woods
Hungry Ghosts
The Bee Sting
The Maniac
The New Life
Fire Weather
Prophet Song
Fire Rush
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Biography of X
A Little Luck
A Spell of Good Things
Tremor
Pearl
The Bandit Queens
Chain-Gang All Stars
Yellowface
The Only Daughter
Reproduction
Victory City
The Glutton

1. Study For Obedience
2. Whale
3. Demon Copperhead
4. A Spell of Good Things
5. In Ascension

1. The MANIAC
2. Tremor
3. Of Cattle and Men
4. In Ascension
5. Hungry Ghosts
6. Limberlost
7. The Pole

1. Riambel
2. Demon Copperhead
3. Cuddy
4. Soldier Sailor
5. The Bee Sting

6. Blackouts
7. Prophet Song
8. Open Throat
9. In Ascension
10. Chain-Gang All-Stars

11. Pearl
12. The Bandit Queens
13. In Memoriam
14. A Spell of Good Things
15. Fire Rush

16. The Fraud
17. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
18. Mild Vertigo
19. Corey Fah Does Social Mobility

Surprisingly hard to put these in order. Feel like the top 10 could completely change order on a different day.

1. The Pole
2. Mild Vertigo
3. Tremor
4. Austral

1 Blackouts
2 The Fraud
3 Demon copperhead
4 Heaven and earth
5 Chain gang

Yes, somehow I have only read the five of the most commercial books on this list.

1. Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
2. Our Share of Night
3. Demon Copperhead
4. Monstrilio
5. Fire Rush
6. Of Cattle and Men
7. Chain Gang All Stars
8. Reproduction
9. Victory City
10. Stella Maris
11. Study for Obedience
12. Hungry Ghosts
13. Pearl
14. Losing the Plot
15. A Spell of Good Things
16. Riambel
17. Blackouts
18. Bio of X
19. The Glutton
20. North Woods
21. In Memoriam
22. The Passenger
23. Prophet Song
24. Kairos
25. Bandit Queens
26. The Details
27. I Am Homeless…
28. The Details
29. Open Throat
30. My Work
31. A New Life
32. This is Not Miami
33. The Maniac
34. Tremor
35. Whale
36. Yellowface
37. Forbidden Notebook
38. Only Daughter
39. Corey Fah
40. Bee Sting
41. Falling Hour
42. Fire Weather
43. The Fraud
44. The Secret Diaries of C.I.S.
45. The World and All it Holds
46. In Ascension

1. Demon Copperhead
2. The Bee Sting
3. Limberlost
4. Pearl
5. A Spell of Good Things
6. I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home
7. Study for Obedience
8. Prophet Song
9. The Fraud
10. Losing The Plot
11. In Ascension

Looks like I'm not too late to rate! 2/2 - finished another on 1/31 but not had time to add until now but it was so good I'm adding, even if rankings closed!

Read more in Feb and March and adding, even if it won't change the ratings!

1. The Maniac
2. Demon Copperhead
3. The Pole
4. Chain-Gang All-Stars
5. The Heaven and Earth Grocery
6. Corey Fah Does Social Mobility
7. Two Sherpas
8. A Little Luck
9. Kairos
10. Pearl
11. Blackouts
12. The Bee Sting
13. Austral
14. Reproduction
15. The Fraud
16. Hungry Ghosts
17. Prophet Song
18. Losing the Plot
19. Of Talons and Teeth
20. Study for Obedience
21. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

Ranked by personal enjoyment at time of reading.

1. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
2. Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
3. The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
4. Tremor by Teju Cole
5. Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
6. The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut
7. The Fraud by Zadie Smith
8. Grimmish by Michael Winkler
9. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
10. In Memoriam by Alice Winn
11. Blackouts by Justin Torres
12. Pearl by Siân Hughes
13. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
14. Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks
15. Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
16. Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
17. Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
18. A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
19. Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan
20. Victory City by Salman Rushdie
21. The Pole by J.M. Coetzee
22. The New Life by Tom Crewe
23. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
24. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
25. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
26. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
27. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
28. Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

Mild vertigo
Biography of X
The Long Form
Blackouts
Study for Obedience
Yellowface

My Work
Forbidden notebook
In memoriam
Our share of night

The Fraud
Whale
The new life

I will do one more update of the tables later today. I won't turn comments off, but I may not see any changes after that.

switterbug (Betsey) wrote:
Study For Obedience
North Woods
Tremor
The Passenger
Old God's Time
The Bee Sting
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
The Wren, the Wren
This Other Eden
Like the Appearance of Horses
The Vaster Wilds
Birnam Woods
Hungry Ghosts

Study for Obedience
Hungry Ghosts
Corey Fah does Social Mobility
Prophet Song
The MANIAC
Limberlost
This is Not Miami
The New Life

Prophet Song was by far my favorite.

Study for Obedience is one I initially liked, then turned against because of the ending, which seemed very disjointed from the rest of the book.