Quick post after running three of the Nebula final ballot categories through Goodreads and Librarything.
Best Novel
Goodreads
LibraryThing
Title
raters
rating
owners
rating
Witch King, Martha Wells
14651
3.72
888
3.78
Translation State, Ann Leckie
8360
4.13
444
4.20
The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz
4664
3.39
389
3.43
The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang
1827
3.84
198
3.91
The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera
1346
3.72
160
3.48
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi
454
3.74
66
3.56
Oddly enough the only one of these that I have read so far is the last, which is also up for the BSFA.
Best Novella
Goodreads
LibraryThing
Title
raters
rating
owners
rating
Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher
20078
4.05
543
4.14
Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee
7310
3.90
242
3.95
The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Older
4833
3.66
279
3.84
The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill
5792
3.89
223
4.08
Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo
3704
4.27
148
4.36
Linghun, Ai Jiang
1301
4.04
49
4.40
The only one of these I own is the last, which I picked up at the Lovecraft bookshop in Providence.
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
Goodreads
LibraryThing
Title
raters
rating
owners
rating
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose
4866
4.19
251
4.15
Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer
198
4.12
41
4.11
The Ghost Job, Greg Van Eekhout
57
3.84
8
4.00
The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern, J. Dianne Dotson
17
4.59
1
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I’m a bit baffled by this – usually if a book scores low on Librarything users, I begin to suspect that the author may not exist, but in fact I had a very pleasant meal with J. Dianne Dotson in Los Angeles last month, so am well aware that she is perfectly real! Her Goodreads fans are enthusiastic.
