The
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2015 shortlist has been announced. For obvious reasons, I'm not going to make further comment, but here are the Goodreads/LibaryThing stats for the six shortlisted novels.
Author
Title
GR owners
GR ave rating
LT owners
LT ave rating
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
47349
4.02
1294
4.24
M. R. Carey
The Girl With All The Gifts
27144
3.91
643
4.05
Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
9836
4.03
406
4.07
Michel Faber
The Book of Strange New Things
6936
3.73
488
3.87
Emmi Itäranta
Memory of Water
973
3.79
123
3.88
Dave Hutchinson
Europe In Autumn
125
3.77
48
3.75
There are some interesting shifts from the
figures of a few weeks ago (compiled 21 March).