The Clarke shortlist: Goodreads/LibraryThing stats
Following on from my post on the long list, here are the Goodreads and LibraryThing ownership and ratings stats for the shortlist.
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
American War - Omar El Akkad
70396
3.83
632
3.86
Borne - Jeff VanderMeer
50713
3.91
565
3.9
Gather the Daughters - Jennie Melamed
16643
3.66
130
3.48
Spaceman of Bohemia - Jaroslav Kalfař
9580
3.87
122
4.1
Sea of Rust - C. Robert Cargill
8563
4.14
113
4.14
Dreams Before the Start of Time - Anne Charnock
816
3.51
24
3.3
The one that I really didn't see coming was Dreams Before the Start of Time, which I really liked (though I liked the other three BSFA finalists more).
Note the high reader ratings for Sea of Rust, though it's also worth saying that it's tough to maintain high average ratings as the number of readers goes up, so Borne is doing well too.
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
American War - Omar El Akkad
70396
3.83
632
3.86
Borne - Jeff VanderMeer
50713
3.91
565
3.9
Gather the Daughters - Jennie Melamed
16643
3.66
130
3.48
Spaceman of Bohemia - Jaroslav Kalfař
9580
3.87
122
4.1
Sea of Rust - C. Robert Cargill
8563
4.14
113
4.14
Dreams Before the Start of Time - Anne Charnock
816
3.51
24
3.3
The one that I really didn't see coming was Dreams Before the Start of Time, which I really liked (though I liked the other three BSFA finalists more).
Note the high reader ratings for Sea of Rust, though it's also worth saying that it's tough to maintain high average ratings as the number of readers goes up, so Borne is doing well too.
