The Mookse and the Gripes discussion

Usual rules - one entry per person (use edit to update), no general chat, just list the books in order of preference (best first), or number them to show where you think they will finish in your list.

These are the 13 books:

Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Trust by Hernan Diaz
The Trees by Percival Everett
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Colony by Audrey Magee
Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Final League Tables

My adjusted weightings method:

Pos, Book, Average, Adjusted, Count, First Places, STD
1, The Colony by Audrey Magee, 3.14, 2.57, 50, 17, 2.13
2, Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, 4.19, 3.57, 37, 12, 2.87
3, The Trees by Percival Everett, 4.49, 4.35, 43, 6, 3.26
4, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 5.22, 4.61, 23, 1, 2.43
5, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 4.58, 4.61, 48, 5, 3.09
6, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, 6.26, 6.02, 34, 2, 3.59
7, Trust by Hernan Diaz, 7.17, 6.40, 36, 2, 3.78
8, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner, 7.08, 6.91, 38, 3, 4.08
9, After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz, 7.57, 7.17, 30, 1, 3.81
10, Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet, 7.39, 7.26, 31, 0, 3.86
11, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, 7.59, 7.65, 37, 1, 4.25
12, Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, 9.28, 8.58, 29, 0, 4.26
13, Booth by Karen Joy Fowler, 9.00, 8.59, 27, 1, 4.13

Paul-style aggregate of comparisons

Pos, Book, Average, Relative ranking, Count, First Places
1, The Colony by Audrey Magee, 3.14, 220, 50, 17
2, Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer, 4.19, 137, 37, 12
3, The Trees by Percival Everett, 4.49, 109, 43, 6
4, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, 4.58, 67, 48, 5
5, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka, 5.22, 61, 23, 1
6, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, 6.26, -2, 34, 2
7, Trust by Hernan Diaz, 7.17, -31, 36, 2
8, After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz, 7.57, -60, 30, 1
9, Treacle Walker by Alan Garner, 7.08, -63, 38, 3
10, Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet, 7.39, -66, 31, 0
11, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, 7.59, -113, 37, 1
12, Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, 9.28, -127, 29, 0
13, Booth by Karen Joy Fowler, 9.00, -132, 27, 1

(5*):
1 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
(4.5* rounded up to 5)
2 After Sappho
3 Small Things Like These
4 The Colony
(4*:)
5 Trust
6 Glory
7 Case Study
8 The Trees
9 Nightcrawling
10 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
(3.5* rounded up to 4)
11 Treacle Walker
12 Oh William!
(3*:)
13 Booth

links are to my reviews

1. Booth
2. The Colony
3. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
3. Glory
4. The Trees
5. Oh William!

1. Treacle Walker
2. Small Things Like These
3. The Colony
5. After Sappho
6. The Trees
7. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
9. Case Study
10. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
13. Trust

1 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2 The Colony - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Small Things Like These - 5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4 Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - 4.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5 Treacle Walker – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6 The Trees - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7 Glory – 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8 After Sappho - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9 Oh, William - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10 Nightcrawling - 4*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11 Case Study - 3.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12 Trust - 3*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
13 Booth - 2.5*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

1. The Colony
2. The Trees
3. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
4. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
5. Case Study
6. After Sappho
7. Glory
8. Small Things Like These
9. Treacle Walker
10. Trust
11. Booth
12. Nightcrawling
13. Oh William!

1. The Trees (5)
2. Small Things Like These (5)
3. The Colony (5)
4.
5. Trust (4)
6. After Sappho (4)
7.
8. Treacle Walker (3.5)
9. Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies (3.5)
10. Glory (3)
11.
12. Oh William! (2.5)
13.

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (5*)
2. The Trees (5*)
3. The Colony (4*)
4. Oh William! (4*)
5. Small Things Like These (4*)

13. Nightcrawling (2*)

1. The Colony (5*)
2. Small Things Like These (5*)
3. Treacle Walker (4.5*)
4. The Trees (4.5*)
5. Oh William! (4*)

1) The Colony (5*)
2) Trust (5*)
3) Small Things Like These (5*)
4) The Trees (4,5*)
5) After Sappho (4*)
6)

7) Case Study (3*)
8) The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (3*)
9) Treacle Walker (3*)
10) Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (3*)
11) Booth (3*)
12) Nightcrawling (2.5*)
13) Oh William (2*)

1. The Colony
2. Small Things Like These
3. The Trees
4. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
5. Treacle Walker
6. Oh William!

1. The Colony
2. Maps

1. Small Things Like These
2. Glory

1) The Trees (5)
2) Oh William! (4,5)
3) Small Things Like These (4,5)
4)
5) Booth (4)
6) The Colony (4)
7) Trust (4)
8) Treacle Walker (4)
9) Nightcrawling (3,5)
10)
11) Case Study (3)
12)
13) Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (2)

1. Glory (5)
2. Trust (4)

10. The Colony (3)

1. The Colony
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
3. Treacle Walker
4. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
5. The Trees
6. Small Things Like These
7. Oh William!
8. Case Study
9. Trust
10. Glory
11. After Sappho
12. Booth
13. Nightcrawling

I think any of my 4 top rated books would make a fine winner.

1. The Colony (5*)
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (5*) @
3. Glory (5*)
4. The Trees (4*)
5. Small Things Like These (4*)
6. Case Study (4*)
7. Booth (4*)
8. Oh William! (4*)
9. Trust (3*)
10. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (3*)
11. Treacle Walker (3*)
12. After Sappho (3*)
13. Nightcrawling (2*)

@ Updated Sept. 1st - completed the longlist

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
2. The Trees
3.Small Things Like These
4. The Colony
5. Case Study
6. Oh William
7. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
8. Trust
9. Treacle Walker
10. After Sappho
11. Booth
12. Glory
13. Nightcrawling

1. The Colony
2. Maps of our Spectacular Bodies
3. Case Study
4. Treacle Walker
5. Trust
6. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
7. Glory
8. After Sappho
9. Small things like these
10. Booth

1. The trees
2.The colony
3. Small things like these
4. Trust
5. Case study
6. Oh William
7. Booth
8. Nightcrawling
9. Glory

1. The Trees
2. The Colony
3. Nightcrawling
4. Maps

(Insert wide gap in enthusiasm here…)

Small Things Like These
Trust
Oh William!
Glory

1.
2. After Sappho (9/10, my review)
3. Glory (9/10, my review)
4. The Colony (8/10)
5. Treacle Walker (8/10)
6.
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7. Maps of our Spectacular Bodies (7.5/10)
8.
9.
10.
11. Trust (5/10)
12.
13.

1) The Colony
2) Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
3) Small Things Like These
4) Trust *
5) Treacle Walker
6) After Sappho *
7) Glory
8) The Trees
9) Booth
10) Oh William!
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12)
13)

*rearranged a couple of books.

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies 4*
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida 4*
3. Nightcrawling 5*
4. Trust 4*
5. The Colony 3*
6. Oh, William! 3*
7. Treacle Walker 3*
8. Case Study 3*
9. Glory 3*
10. Small Things Like These 3*
11. The Trees
12. After Sappho

1. The Colony
2. Maps of our Spectacular Bodies*
3. Glory
4. Oh William!
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Nightcrawling
10.
11. The Trees
12. After Sappho
13.

*Not done yet, but 90% sure it slots at #2

1. The Colony
2. Nightcrawling
3. Small Things Like These

1. The Colony. Only one read.

Hi everyone! I’ve had a long hiatus, but I hope to follow along better and get several of these under my belt this year.

1. Small Things Like These

1. The Trees
2. Small Things Like These
3. Case Study
4. The Colony
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12. Trust
13. Treacle Walker

1. Treacle Walker
2. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
3. Small Things Like These
4. The Trees
5.
6. The Colony

7.
8. Glory
9. Oh William
10. Nightcrawling
11. Booth
12. Trust
13. Case Study

2. After Sappho. - have read 50% so far

1 Small Things Like These (4.5 stars)
2 Treacle Walker (2 stars)

1. The Colony (5)
2. Small Things Like These (5)
3. The Trees (5)

1. Small Things Like These (5*)
2. The Colony (5*)
3. The Trees (4.5*)
4. After Sappho (4.5*)
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7. Treacle Walker (4*)
8. Trust (3*)

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (5*)
2. The Colony (5*)
3. The Trees (4.5*)
4. Treacle Walker (4*)
5. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (4*)
6. Oh, William! (4*)
7. Small Things Like These (3.5*)
8. Case Study (3*)
9. After Sappho (3*)

To be honest, none of the four remaining books appeals to me so I think that is all the voting from me for this year.

Rosemary wrote: "2. After Sappho. - have read 50% so far"

Rosemary - please use the edit button on you first comment (which needs desktop mode) and stick to one comment - putting a list in multiple comments is very confusing.

1. The Colony
2.
3. Small Things Like These
4.
5. Oh William!
6. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

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1. The Colony (4*)
2. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (4*)
3. Trust (4*)
4. Case Study (4*)
5. Nightcrawling (3*)
6. Booth (3*)
7. Small Things Like These (3*)
8. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (3*)
9. Treacle Walker (3*)
10. Glory (3*)
11. Oh William! (3*)
12. The Trees (2*)

Trust 5
Booth 5
Small Things Like These 5
Oh, William! 4
Case Study 3

1. The Trees
2. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
3. Glory
4. Case Study
5. Small Things Like These
6. The Colony
7. Nightcrawling
8. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
9. After Sappho
10. Booth
12. Trust
12. Treacle Walker
13. Oh William!

1. After Sappho
2. The Trees
3. Oh William!
4. Case Study
5. Glory
6. The Colony
7. Trust
8. Small Things Like These
9. Booth
10. Treacle Walker

1. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
2. Treacle Walker
3. Trust
4. The Colony
5. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
6. Small Things Like These
7. The Trees
8. Oh William!
9. After Sappho
10. Booth
11. Nightcrawling
12. Glory
13. Case Study

1. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
2. Glory
3. The Trees
4. The Colony
5. Trust
6. Case Study
7. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
8. After Sappho
9. Booth
10. Small Things Like These
11. Oh William!
12. Treacle Walker
13. NightCrawling

1. Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
2. Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo (Audio)
3. The Trees by Percival Everett (Audio)
4. Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
5. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
6. The Colony by Audrey Magee
7. After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz#
8. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Audio)
9. Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
10. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka#
11. Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
12. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley (Audio)
13. Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet

#Still reading

1. Maps of our spectacular bodies (5*)
2. The Seven Moons of Maali Almedia (5*)
3. The Trees (5*)
4. The Colony (5*)
5. Small things like these (5*)
6. Glory (4.5*)
7. After Sappho (4*)
8. Nightcrawling (4*)
9. Trust (4*)
10. Treacle Walker (3.5*)
11. Oh William (3.5*)
12. Booth (3*)
13. Case Study (3*)

1 Small Things Like These
2. Map of our Spectacular Bodies
3. The Trees
4. Glory
5. Oh, William
6. The Colony
7. Treacle Walker
8. Case Study

1.
2.Trust (4*)
2. After Sappho (4*)

4. The Trees (3.5*)
5.
6. Nightcrawling (3*)

7. Treacle Walker (2*)
8. Glory (2*)
9. Case Study (2*)
10. The Colony (1.5*)
11. Small Things Like These (1*)
12. Maps of our Spectacular Bodies (1*)
13. Oh William! (1*)

1. The Colony
2. Treacle Walker
3. The Trees
4. Seven Moons…
5. Small Things Like These
6.Nightcrawling
7. Glory
8. After Sappho
9. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
10. Oh William
11. Booth
12. Case Study
13. Trust

1 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
2 Glory
3 The Colony
4 Trust
5
6 Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
7
8 Oh William
9
10 Treacle Walker
11 After Sappho
12 Nightcrawling
13 The Trees