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Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist - Goodreads/LibraryThing stats

The Clarke Award shortlist is out. Although (as I well know) it's a juried award, the leader on this table has won the award four years out of the last six. (2019, 2017, 2015 and 2014, but not 2018 or 2016.)

Goodreads LibraryThing
owners av rating owners av rating
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine 52359 4.17 564 4.11
The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders 41307 3.56 481 3.77
The Old Drift, Namwali Serpell 24802 3.76 227 3.61
The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley 19034 3.97 265 3.86
The Last Astronaut, David Wellington 6044 3.6 72 3.63
Cage of Souls, Adrian Tchaikovsky 5761 4.12 64 4

A clear leader in all four columns... (Also my personal favourite, of the three I have read.)
Tags: goodreads/librarything stats, sf: clarke award
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