Nebula Short Lists - Goodreads/LibraryThing stats
Lots to crunch here. First of all, the GR/LT stats for the Best Novel finalists:
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
114,671
4.3
793
4.28
The Poppy War, by R.F. Kuang
76,250
4.04
371
3.98
The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
27,696
4.22
321
4.08
Blackfish City, by Sam J. Miller
18,116
3.63
189
3.4
Witchmark, by C.L. Polk
15,627
3.92
182
3.71
Impressive lead on all four metrics for Spinning Silver.
For Best Novella, there is also a clear leader, if not quite so strongly ahead, but the different modes of publication may mean that we are comparing apples and pears here:
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells
28,406
4.29
378
4.26
The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard
8,036
3.96
159
3.81
The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark
6,132
4.12
107
4.27
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson
4,172
3.71
104
3.72
Alice Payne Arrives, by Kate Heartfield
789
3.79
14
4
Fire Ant, by Jonathan P. Brazee
540
4.27
4
4
And we can do the same calculations also for the The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book:
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
267104
4.23
1333
4.04
Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland
49732
4.17
491
4.23
Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman
29456
3.94
266
4.07
Aru Shah and the End of Time, by Roshani Chokshi
30470
4.12
233
3.92
Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword, by Henry Lien
1111
4.1
23
4
A Light in the Dark, by A.K. DuBoff
108
4.41
1
0
Another front-runner. But the last of these is rather mysterious - only one owner who has bothered to register their purchase with LibraryThing? Surprisingly low for a Nebula shortlisted book.
Anyway, plenty of time to go.
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
114,671
4.3
793
4.28
The Poppy War, by R.F. Kuang
76,250
4.04
371
3.98
The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
27,696
4.22
321
4.08
Blackfish City, by Sam J. Miller
18,116
3.63
189
3.4
Witchmark, by C.L. Polk
15,627
3.92
182
3.71
Impressive lead on all four metrics for Spinning Silver.
For Best Novella, there is also a clear leader, if not quite so strongly ahead, but the different modes of publication may mean that we are comparing apples and pears here:
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells
28,406
4.29
378
4.26
The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard
8,036
3.96
159
3.81
The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark
6,132
4.12
107
4.27
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson
4,172
3.71
104
3.72
Alice Payne Arrives, by Kate Heartfield
789
3.79
14
4
Fire Ant, by Jonathan P. Brazee
540
4.27
4
4
And we can do the same calculations also for the The Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book:
Goodreads
LibraryThing
owners
av rating
owners
av rating
Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
267104
4.23
1333
4.04
Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland
49732
4.17
491
4.23
Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman
29456
3.94
266
4.07
Aru Shah and the End of Time, by Roshani Chokshi
30470
4.12
233
3.92
Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword, by Henry Lien
1111
4.1
23
4
A Light in the Dark, by A.K. DuBoff
108
4.41
1
0
Another front-runner. But the last of these is rather mysterious - only one owner who has bothered to register their purchase with LibraryThing? Surprisingly low for a Nebula shortlisted book.
Anyway, plenty of time to go.