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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.