BSFA Award: second round stats
The BSFA has announced the opening of Round 2 of this year's BSFA Awards. This time round, nominations were accepted in all categories to the end of December; we now have January to winnow down the candidates to a final four in each case. As usual, the list of Best Novel options gives me grist for my statistical mill: here they are, listed in descending order of aggregate popularity on Goodreads and LibraryThing (the number in each case is the number of users who own each book).
Goodreads
Librarything
Naomi Novik, Uprooted
85515
625
Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins
62857
682
VE Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
99311
386
NK Jemisin, The Fifth Season
26490
236
Terry Pratchett, The Shepherd's Crown
13091
415
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy
12878
357
Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora
16482
262
Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
16307
217
Ken Liu, The Grace of Kings
12166
219
Jo Walton, The Just City
10570
251
Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
10791
245
Joe Abercrombie, Half a War
12996
165
Laura van den Berg, Find Me
12705
131
Elizabeth Bear, Karen Memory
7652
179
Claire North, Touch
9449
138
Cixin Liu, The Dark Forest
8077
138
Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
8318
105
Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings
6649
129
Sarah Lotz, Day Four
7580
87
David Wong, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
6994
61
Ian McDonald, New Moon
4341
90
Sarah Pinborough, The Death House
4667
45
Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree
3176
52
Kate Elliott, Black Wolves
3854
40
Peter Newman, The Vagrant
4710
32
Chris Beckett, Mother of Eden
1767
60
Kai Ashante Wilson, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
2007
46
Karen Lord, The Galaxy Game
1630
53
Adam Christopher, Made to Kill
2165
38
Paul McAuley, Something Coming Through
1305
42
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
1884
24
Gary Russell, Doctor Who: Big Bang Generation
1187
37
Tim Lebbon, The Silence
1243
31
Alexis Wright, The Swan Book
927
29
Rhonda Mason, The Empress Game
1294
20
Matthew De Abaitua, If Then
731
30
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Guns of the Dawn
1158
18
Anne Charnock, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind
1253
16
Edward Cox, The Relic Guild
912
20
Justina Robson, Glorious Angels
586
27
A.L. Kennedy, Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse
734
20
Al Robertson, Crashing Heaven
730
19
Dave Hutchinson, Europe at Midnight
310
22
Mark Latham, The Lazarus Gate
945
6
Ian Whates, Pelquin's Comet
159
29
Oliver Langmead, The Dark Star
332
9
Gareth Powell, Macaque Attack
145
15
Adam Roberts, The Thing Itself
343
6
Ian Sales, All that Outer Space Allows
63
14
Sophia McDougall, Space Hostages
94
5
Stephanie Saulter, Regeneration
72
3
Naomi Foyle, Rook Song
19
2
HL Burke, Lands of Ash
674
0
Guy T Martland, The Scion
3
0
Tony Franks, The Daganhoyt Saga
0
0
Deborah Sanderson, The Wonder Turner
0
0
It becomes painfully clear that Goodreads has about 80 times as many users as LibraryThing!
I'm baffled by the one book which has hundreds of Goodreads owners, but none at all on LibraryThing as far as I can see. Sure, it's self-published (and you'll spot some similar patterns on the list), but that skew is extraordinary.
Goodreads
Librarything
Naomi Novik, Uprooted
85515
625
Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins
62857
682
VE Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
99311
386
NK Jemisin, The Fifth Season
26490
236
Terry Pratchett, The Shepherd's Crown
13091
415
Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy
12878
357
Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora
16482
262
Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
16307
217
Ken Liu, The Grace of Kings
12166
219
Jo Walton, The Just City
10570
251
Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown
10791
245
Joe Abercrombie, Half a War
12996
165
Laura van den Berg, Find Me
12705
131
Elizabeth Bear, Karen Memory
7652
179
Claire North, Touch
9449
138
Cixin Liu, The Dark Forest
8077
138
Becky Chambers, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
8318
105
Aliette de Bodard, The House of Shattered Wings
6649
129
Sarah Lotz, Day Four
7580
87
David Wong, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
6994
61
Ian McDonald, New Moon
4341
90
Sarah Pinborough, The Death House
4667
45
Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree
3176
52
Kate Elliott, Black Wolves
3854
40
Peter Newman, The Vagrant
4710
32
Chris Beckett, Mother of Eden
1767
60
Kai Ashante Wilson, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
2007
46
Karen Lord, The Galaxy Game
1630
53
Adam Christopher, Made to Kill
2165
38
Paul McAuley, Something Coming Through
1305
42
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
1884
24
Gary Russell, Doctor Who: Big Bang Generation
1187
37
Tim Lebbon, The Silence
1243
31
Alexis Wright, The Swan Book
927
29
Rhonda Mason, The Empress Game
1294
20
Matthew De Abaitua, If Then
731
30
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Guns of the Dawn
1158
18
Anne Charnock, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind
1253
16
Edward Cox, The Relic Guild
912
20
Justina Robson, Glorious Angels
586
27
A.L. Kennedy, Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse
734
20
Al Robertson, Crashing Heaven
730
19
Dave Hutchinson, Europe at Midnight
310
22
Mark Latham, The Lazarus Gate
945
6
Ian Whates, Pelquin's Comet
159
29
Oliver Langmead, The Dark Star
332
9
Gareth Powell, Macaque Attack
145
15
Adam Roberts, The Thing Itself
343
6
Ian Sales, All that Outer Space Allows
63
14
Sophia McDougall, Space Hostages
94
5
Stephanie Saulter, Regeneration
72
3
Naomi Foyle, Rook Song
19
2
HL Burke, Lands of Ash
674
0
Guy T Martland, The Scion
3
0
Tony Franks, The Daganhoyt Saga
0
0
Deborah Sanderson, The Wonder Turner
0
0
It becomes painfully clear that Goodreads has about 80 times as many users as LibraryThing!
I'm baffled by the one book which has hundreds of Goodreads owners, but none at all on LibraryThing as far as I can see. Sure, it's self-published (and you'll spot some similar patterns on the list), but that skew is extraordinary.