The Arthur C. Clarke Award submissions list...
...has now been officially announced and can be found here.
This is my listing of the books using numbers from Goodreads and Librarything, ranked by the geometric mean of ownership on both systems. The top quintile for ownership and user ratings is in bold. The figures may have changed a little in the last couple of days.
Author
Title
GR owners
GR ave rating
LT owners
LT ave rating
Andy Weir
The Martian
83035
4.36
2,010
4.27
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
42456
4.02
1,201
4.25
Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
34501
3.77
1,177
3.87
David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks
23106
3.84
1,085
3.92
Pierce Brown
Red Rising
27103
4.18
697
4.05
M. R. Carey
The Girl With All The Gifts
25587
3.91
625
4.07
Jeff VanderMeer
Annihilation
19624
3.64
783
3.8
John Scalzi
Lock In
13672
3.83
487
3.99
Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
9109
4.02
388
4.06
Michel Faber
The Book of Strange New Things
6337
3.75
463
3.89
Jeff VanderMeer
Authority
7544
3.66
376
3.83
Erika Johansen
The Queen of the Tearling
9769
3.9
286
3.67
Josh Malerman
Bird Box
10141
3.93
261
3.89
Laline Paull
The Bees
5644
3.65
329
3.91
V. E. Schwab
Vicious
6993
4.24
261
4.07
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword
5141
4.09
355
4.17
Hugh Howey
Sand
8766
3.97
186
3.89
William Gibson
The Peripheral
4128
4.02
365
3.99
John Darnielle
Wolf in White Van
6772
3.8
222
3.56
Jeff VanderMeer
Acceptance
5022
3.69
286
3.74
Lauren Beukes
Broken Monsters
5352
3.63
267
3.64
James S. A. Corey
Cibola Burn
6393
4.09
202
3.85
Tanya Huff
The Heart of Valour
2465
4.04
514
3.93
Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees
3246
3.54
268
3.67
Sarah Lotz
The Three
4418
3.38
161
3.49
Terry Pratchett
The Long Mars
2951
3.62
229
3.32
Jo Walton
My Real Children
2115
3.73
258
4.04
Charles Stross
The Rhesus Chart
2430
4.19
207
4.00
Alena Graedon
The Word Exchange
1523
3.33
215
3.27
Edgar Cantero
The Supernatural Enhancements
2300
3.65
132
3.83
Nick Harkaway
Tigerman
1750
3.98
135
4.24
Kameron Hurley
The Mirror Empire
1226
3.62
135
3.94
Peter F. Hamilton
The Abyss Beyond Dreams
1886
4.2
84
3.67
Hannu Rajaniemi
The Causal Angel
1292
4.22
106
3.85
Peter Clines
Ex-Purgatory
1950
3.97
68
3.81
Kenneth Calhoun
Black Moon
1271
3.19
96
3.34
Daryl Gregory
Afterparty
1227
3.71
97
3.84
Emmi Itäranta
Memory of Water
940
3.79
121
3.9
Monica Byrne
The Girl in the Road
963
3.56
118
3.59
Toby Barlow
Babayaga
956
3.48
118
3.58
Jack Campbell
The Lost Fleet : Beyond the Frontier - Steadfast
1884
3.92
57
3.57
Kameron Hurley
Infidel
688
3.97
150
3.74
Mira Grant
Symbiont
1175
3.66
82
3.81
Paul Cornell
The Severed Streets
740
4
98
3.77
Peter Carey
Amnesia
566
2.88
93
2.97
David Cronenberg
Consumed
655
3.16
70
3.06
David Ramirez
The Forever Watch
466
3.61
52
3.59
Jack Campbell
The Lost Stars - Imperfect Sword
636
4.08
35
3.72
William C. Dietz
Andromeda's Fall
452
3.72
45
3.25
Nnedi Okorafor
Lagoon
330
3.7
61
3.81
Greg Bear
War Dogs
379
3.09
42
2.91
Kieran Shea
Koko Takes a Holiday
324
3.6
33
3.36
Rjurik Davidson
The Unwrapped Sky
225
3.29
45
2.8
Adam Christopher
The Burning Dark
287
3.39
34
3.67
Sandra Newman
The Country of Ice Cream Star
169
3.79
47
4.31
James Smythe
The Echo
197
3.82
40
3.94
Clemens J. Setz
Indigo
147
3.32
36
3.75
Mark Hodder
The Return of the Discontinued Man
172
3.99
30
3.88
Ken MacLeod
Descent
117
3.62
43
3.64
Will McIntosh
Defenders
776
3.62
6
3.75
Dave Hutchinson
Europe In Autumn
115
3.7
40
3.83
Marianne de Pierres
Peacemaker
153
3.69
29
3.6
Larry Niven and Gregory Benford
Bowl of Heaven
24
3.67
182
3.04
Tobias S. Buckell
Hurricane Fever
124
3.53
35
3.67
Simon Ings
Wolves
111
3.37
34
3.67
Sarah Perry
After Me Comes the Flood
196
3.08
18
Adam Roberts
Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
110
3.33
25
3.38
Stephen Baxter
Ultima
175
3.63
15
2.33
Gareth L. Powell
Hive Monkey
96
3.98
27
4.13
Sheri S. Tepper
Fish Tails
77
3.36
24
2.8
Sophia McDougall
Mars Evacuees
101
4.27
18
3.67
Gaie Sebold
Shanghai Sparrow
60
3.55
25
3.63
Gary Gibson
Extinction Game
114
3.6
13
2.75
Peter Watts
Firefall
81
3.99
15
3
Harry Karlinsky
The Stonehenge Letters
80
3.44
13
3.42
Samit Basu
Resistance
99
3.73
10
3.99
Lavie Tidhar
A Man Lies Dreaming
68
4.16
14
4.38
Adam Roberts
Bête
43
3.79
21
4.14
Nikesh Shukla
Meatspace
69
3.61
12
3.5
Kim Curran
Glaze
103
3.96
8
3
James Smythe
No Harm Can Come to a Good Man
81
3.68
10
3.75
Ivo Stourton
The Happier Dead
48
3.25
16
3.5
Jon Wallace
Barricade
69
3.45
11
3.75
Tricia Sullivan
Shadowboxer
58
3.76
11
2.5
Diego Marani
God's Dog
37
2.51
16
1.88
Eric Brown
Jani and the Greater Game
33
3.55
17
3.33
Graeme Shimmin
A Kill in the Morning
43
4.19
13
3.33
Nina Allan
The Race
26
4.08
14
3.92
Liesel Schwarz
Sky Pirates
81
3.77
4
Chris Beckett
Marcher
42
3.52
7
4.5
Stephanie Saulter
Binary
31
4.39
9
3.5
Tom Harper
Zodiac Station
49
3.88
5
Alexander Maskill
The Hive Construct
18
3.44
10
3.17
Kate Horsley
The Monster's Wife
32
3.94
5
4
Scott K. Andrews
Timebomb
31
3.77
5
3.33
Guy Adams
The Rain-Soaked Bride
22
4.18
5
Naomi Foyle
Astra
24
3.88
4
3.83
E. J. Swift
Cataveiro
11
3.82
7
3
Steve Harrison
TimeStorm
12
4.25
4
4
Peter Liney
Into the Flame
16
3.88
3
2.25
David Wingrove
The Empire of Time
26
3.42
1
Katrina Mountfort
Future Perfect
7
4.43
2
3
James Thornton
Sphinx: The Second Coming
13
4.15
1
2
Douglas Thompson
The Rhymer: An Herodyssey
4
4.75
3
Stefan Jackson
Glass Shore
5
4.4
2
Justin Richards
The Blood Red City
3
4.67
3
2.5
John Schoneboom
Fontoon
0
3
2.5
The shortlist will be announced in early April.
This is my listing of the books using numbers from Goodreads and Librarything, ranked by the geometric mean of ownership on both systems. The top quintile for ownership and user ratings is in bold. The figures may have changed a little in the last couple of days.
Author
Title
GR owners
GR ave rating
LT owners
LT ave rating
Andy Weir
The Martian
83035
4.36
2,010
4.27
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
42456
4.02
1,201
4.25
Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
34501
3.77
1,177
3.87
David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks
23106
3.84
1,085
3.92
Pierce Brown
Red Rising
27103
4.18
697
4.05
M. R. Carey
The Girl With All The Gifts
25587
3.91
625
4.07
Jeff VanderMeer
Annihilation
19624
3.64
783
3.8
John Scalzi
Lock In
13672
3.83
487
3.99
Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
9109
4.02
388
4.06
Michel Faber
The Book of Strange New Things
6337
3.75
463
3.89
Jeff VanderMeer
Authority
7544
3.66
376
3.83
Erika Johansen
The Queen of the Tearling
9769
3.9
286
3.67
Josh Malerman
Bird Box
10141
3.93
261
3.89
Laline Paull
The Bees
5644
3.65
329
3.91
V. E. Schwab
Vicious
6993
4.24
261
4.07
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword
5141
4.09
355
4.17
Hugh Howey
Sand
8766
3.97
186
3.89
William Gibson
The Peripheral
4128
4.02
365
3.99
John Darnielle
Wolf in White Van
6772
3.8
222
3.56
Jeff VanderMeer
Acceptance
5022
3.69
286
3.74
Lauren Beukes
Broken Monsters
5352
3.63
267
3.64
James S. A. Corey
Cibola Burn
6393
4.09
202
3.85
Tanya Huff
The Heart of Valour
2465
4.04
514
3.93
Hanya Yanagihara
The People in the Trees
3246
3.54
268
3.67
Sarah Lotz
The Three
4418
3.38
161
3.49
Terry Pratchett
The Long Mars
2951
3.62
229
3.32
Jo Walton
My Real Children
2115
3.73
258
4.04
Charles Stross
The Rhesus Chart
2430
4.19
207
4.00
Alena Graedon
The Word Exchange
1523
3.33
215
3.27
Edgar Cantero
The Supernatural Enhancements
2300
3.65
132
3.83
Nick Harkaway
Tigerman
1750
3.98
135
4.24
Kameron Hurley
The Mirror Empire
1226
3.62
135
3.94
Peter F. Hamilton
The Abyss Beyond Dreams
1886
4.2
84
3.67
Hannu Rajaniemi
The Causal Angel
1292
4.22
106
3.85
Peter Clines
Ex-Purgatory
1950
3.97
68
3.81
Kenneth Calhoun
Black Moon
1271
3.19
96
3.34
Daryl Gregory
Afterparty
1227
3.71
97
3.84
Emmi Itäranta
Memory of Water
940
3.79
121
3.9
Monica Byrne
The Girl in the Road
963
3.56
118
3.59
Toby Barlow
Babayaga
956
3.48
118
3.58
Jack Campbell
The Lost Fleet : Beyond the Frontier - Steadfast
1884
3.92
57
3.57
Kameron Hurley
Infidel
688
3.97
150
3.74
Mira Grant
Symbiont
1175
3.66
82
3.81
Paul Cornell
The Severed Streets
740
4
98
3.77
Peter Carey
Amnesia
566
2.88
93
2.97
David Cronenberg
Consumed
655
3.16
70
3.06
David Ramirez
The Forever Watch
466
3.61
52
3.59
Jack Campbell
The Lost Stars - Imperfect Sword
636
4.08
35
3.72
William C. Dietz
Andromeda's Fall
452
3.72
45
3.25
Nnedi Okorafor
Lagoon
330
3.7
61
3.81
Greg Bear
War Dogs
379
3.09
42
2.91
Kieran Shea
Koko Takes a Holiday
324
3.6
33
3.36
Rjurik Davidson
The Unwrapped Sky
225
3.29
45
2.8
Adam Christopher
The Burning Dark
287
3.39
34
3.67
Sandra Newman
The Country of Ice Cream Star
169
3.79
47
4.31
James Smythe
The Echo
197
3.82
40
3.94
Clemens J. Setz
Indigo
147
3.32
36
3.75
Mark Hodder
The Return of the Discontinued Man
172
3.99
30
3.88
Ken MacLeod
Descent
117
3.62
43
3.64
Will McIntosh
Defenders
776
3.62
6
3.75
Dave Hutchinson
Europe In Autumn
115
3.7
40
3.83
Marianne de Pierres
Peacemaker
153
3.69
29
3.6
Larry Niven and Gregory Benford
Bowl of Heaven
24
3.67
182
3.04
Tobias S. Buckell
Hurricane Fever
124
3.53
35
3.67
Simon Ings
Wolves
111
3.37
34
3.67
Sarah Perry
After Me Comes the Flood
196
3.08
18
Adam Roberts
Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
110
3.33
25
3.38
Stephen Baxter
Ultima
175
3.63
15
2.33
Gareth L. Powell
Hive Monkey
96
3.98
27
4.13
Sheri S. Tepper
Fish Tails
77
3.36
24
2.8
Sophia McDougall
Mars Evacuees
101
4.27
18
3.67
Gaie Sebold
Shanghai Sparrow
60
3.55
25
3.63
Gary Gibson
Extinction Game
114
3.6
13
2.75
Peter Watts
Firefall
81
3.99
15
3
Harry Karlinsky
The Stonehenge Letters
80
3.44
13
3.42
Samit Basu
Resistance
99
3.73
10
3.99
Lavie Tidhar
A Man Lies Dreaming
68
4.16
14
4.38
Adam Roberts
Bête
43
3.79
21
4.14
Nikesh Shukla
Meatspace
69
3.61
12
3.5
Kim Curran
Glaze
103
3.96
8
3
James Smythe
No Harm Can Come to a Good Man
81
3.68
10
3.75
Ivo Stourton
The Happier Dead
48
3.25
16
3.5
Jon Wallace
Barricade
69
3.45
11
3.75
Tricia Sullivan
Shadowboxer
58
3.76
11
2.5
Diego Marani
God's Dog
37
2.51
16
1.88
Eric Brown
Jani and the Greater Game
33
3.55
17
3.33
Graeme Shimmin
A Kill in the Morning
43
4.19
13
3.33
Nina Allan
The Race
26
4.08
14
3.92
Liesel Schwarz
Sky Pirates
81
3.77
4
Chris Beckett
Marcher
42
3.52
7
4.5
Stephanie Saulter
Binary
31
4.39
9
3.5
Tom Harper
Zodiac Station
49
3.88
5
Alexander Maskill
The Hive Construct
18
3.44
10
3.17
Kate Horsley
The Monster's Wife
32
3.94
5
4
Scott K. Andrews
Timebomb
31
3.77
5
3.33
Guy Adams
The Rain-Soaked Bride
22
4.18
5
Naomi Foyle
Astra
24
3.88
4
3.83
E. J. Swift
Cataveiro
11
3.82
7
3
Steve Harrison
TimeStorm
12
4.25
4
4
Peter Liney
Into the Flame
16
3.88
3
2.25
David Wingrove
The Empire of Time
26
3.42
1
Katrina Mountfort
Future Perfect
7
4.43
2
3
James Thornton
Sphinx: The Second Coming
13
4.15
1
2
Douglas Thompson
The Rhymer: An Herodyssey
4
4.75
3
Stefan Jackson
Glass Shore
5
4.4
2
Justin Richards
The Blood Red City
3
4.67
3
2.5
John Schoneboom
Fontoon
0
3
2.5
The shortlist will be announced in early April.